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ABB wins $550m bid to connect Irish and UK grids ABB laying an underground HVDC Light cable in Australia, similar to the one that will connect the Irish and UK grids. Photograph: ABB

ABB wins $550m bid to connect Irish and UK grids

Germany’s ABB has won an order worth $550m to connect the Irish and UK power grids, in a move that will allow Ireland to become into an exporter of surplus wind-fuelled electricity.

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Karl-Erik Stromsta

Published: Monday, March 30 2009

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