⚡️ Plans have been announced to build a new electricity link between Scotland and Northern Ireland ⚡️ JP_Biz
Plans have been announced to build a new electricity link between Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The company behind the scheme, Transmission Investment, has applied for an electricity transmission licence.has been operated by Mutual Energy since 2001.of further capacity between the Irish Single Electricity Market and the Great Britain wholesale electricity market.
The plans comprise two convertor stations, one in Northern Ireland and another in Scotland, and a cable length of around 130km linking the two, depending on the final route.It said the scheme represents a potential investment of about £700m. Interconnecters are seen as an important part of efforts to decarbonise electricity as they increase the capacity toMartin Doherty of the Centre for Advanced Sustainable Energy at Queen's University Belfast said it was "vitally important that Northern Ireland strengthens its interconnectivity with our partners both in Great Britain and Ireland".
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