Energy, Environment & Transport

Commission funds France-Ireland power link that bypasses UK

The European Commission has allocated €4 million to a project that will link the French and Irish electricity grids via an undersea cable. Irish lawmakers have now touted the plan as an “obvious solution” to Ireland’s energy reliance on a post-Brexit United Kingdom.

The Celtic Interconnector's planned route will provide Ireland's only energy link to an EU member state once completed. [European Commission]

Sam Morgan Euractiv 05-07-2017 05:08 4 min. read Content type: Euractiv is part of the Trust Project
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