The island of Ireland and Great Britain electricity markets could soon be linked by a new inter-connector capable of supplying power in either direction and reducing the likelihood of outages.
The company behind the £700 million initiative, Transmission Investments, has lodged a transmission licence application with the aim of completing the connection by the end of the decade.
Known as LirIC, it will consist of two convertor stations, one in Northern Ireland and the other in Scotland, with a cable approximately 130 kilometres long linking the two, although the exact length will depend on the exact route it takes.
