Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications
Grid Link Project: EirGrid
9:30 am
Terry Brennan (Fine Gael)
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Will the witness clarify if a 220 kV underground cable could be run underground to the 275 kV line in Northern Ireland in parallel with what we have at the moment? This would be 275 kV plus 200 kV which is 475 kV. The demand for electricity is reducing and I am sure it is the same situation in Northern Ireland, so has EirGrid looked at the 220 kV in parallel with the existing overhead?