The “CleanEnergy Hub” scheme, much of which would be on line by 2020, would be largelydependent on demand for renewable electricity from the UK should it be unableto meet its own targets domestically.

While thescheme may bump up against similar development plans being progressed by MainstreamRenewable Power and Element Power, it does not appear that Bord na Mona has anyintention of building its own subsea power lines, as the other two developersdo.

Rather,Bord