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Study launched into offshore power transmission grid for Irish Sea

Written by: Roger Milne | 11 January 2010

Proposals for an offshore electricity transmission network linking Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland have taken a step forward.
RPS Group has been awarded a contract to examine the feasibility of an offshore grid in the Irish Sea.
The study, on behalf of the Scottish Government, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment Northern Ireland and the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in Ireland, will look at potential sites for renewable energy generation in coastal waters.
Part-funded by the European Union's INTERREG IVA Programme, it will also examine technology, infrastructure, finance, environment and planning issues and develop a business case for the construction of a grid.
Scotland's energy minister Jim Mather said: "The study will allow us to explore issues around an offshore transmission network in the Irish Sea and help make the case for commercial investment. It will also be the first building block towards making an offshore grid a reality. It will complement the work of the Electricity Networks Strategy Group and will help inform work to achieve the European vision of an offshore super grid, the declaration of which, North Seas Countries Offshore Grid Initiative, was signed in December by the UK, Ireland, and the Benelux countries, Sweden, Denmark, France and Germany".

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