Speaking to Recharge more than a week after signing a memorandum of understanding with UK counterpart Ed Davey that could lead to the mass exportation of wind energy across the Irish Sea, Rabbitte says he does not believe their meeting in Dublin will prove the initiative’s high water mark.

“It would appear that Britain is conscious of the fact that they have onerous, obligatory renewables targets to meet, and they can do so more economically by sourcing some of that supply in Ireland,” he says.

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