Review August 2011: Mercury nets EirGrid storage depot deal

EirGrid, the state-owned operator of the electricity grid, awarded a €3.5 million contract to Mercury Engineering to build a marine storage depot in Britain. Situated at the Port of Liverpool in nort

Dermot Byrne, chief executive of EirGrid, with John Fitzgerald, East West Interconnector project director, viewing the plans for the project.
Dermot Byrne, chief executive of EirGrid, with John Fitzgerald, East West Interconnector project director, viewing the plans for the project.

EirGrid, the state-owned operator of the electricity grid, awarded a €3.5 million contract to **Mercury Engineering** to build a marine storage depot in Britain.

Situated at the Port of Liverpool in north-west England, the 1,000 square metre facility was for the storage of up to 800 tons of submarine cable and other equipment for the ...