The
500MW
East-West
Interconnector
–
developed
by
Irish
transmission
system
operator
Eirgrid
–
links
Deeside
in
North
Wales
with
Ireland’s
County
Meath.
The
260km-long
connection
is
likely
to
be
the
shape
of
things
to
come.
Ireland
is
the
base
for
several
ambitious
projects
to
send
renewable
electricity
–
and
especially
wind
output
–
across
the
sea
to
the
UK,
which
needs
clean
power
to
meet
environmental
targets.
Irish
developer
Mainstream
Renewable
Power
is
working
with
China
State
Grid
on
plans
for
Energy
Bridge,
which
aims
to
export
up
to
5GW
of
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