Energy

New 750MW electricity interconnector is granted a licence

MaresConnect is a €500 million project that intends to link Ireland and Britain via a 245km cable that will run underground and under the sea

The €500 million MaresConnect project will link Ireland and Britain via a 245km cable that will run underground and under the sea between Dublin and north Wales

A proposed 750 megawatt (MW) electricity interconnector linking Ireland and Britain has been granted a licence by the British energy regulator Ofgem.

MaresConnect is a €500 million project that intends to link the two countries via a 245km cable that will run underground and under the sea between Dublin and Bodelwyddan in north Wales.

The interconnector will be capable of delivering or exporting enough electricity to power 570,000 homes, but will have varying flows of ...