‘Dobby, who’s Dobby?’ former head of €500m interconnector project recalled asking after uproar that planned cable, key to transporting wind and solar power, would go through magical elf’s ‘grave’A memorial to Dobby, the fictional elf from the Harry Potter books and films, at Freshwater West beach in Wales, where the character dies in Harry's arms. The Greenlink interconnector had to be rerouted after “hundreds” of people complained the cable was going straight through Dobby's grave.Photo: Matthew Horwood/ Getty ImagesGridPublished 6 August 2026, 08:00Updated 6 August 2026, 08:00UKIreland
How Harry Potter almost derailed a major UK interconnector project
‘Dobby, who’s Dobby?’ former head of €500m interconnector project recalled asking after uproar that planned cable, key to transporting wind and solar power, would go through magical elf’s ‘grave’
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