The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has released a policy paper on the major issues around such a move, which could reopen the possibility of large-scale export of power to the UK from Ireland.

DECC said: "Opening the EMR CfD scheme to projects from outside UK in due course is an aspect originally announced in 2012. This type of support would be the first of a kind in Europe and, reflecting this, we need to find ways of addressing a number of complex issues."

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