Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)

The first point is that it is a hard market in which to buy cables because demand is outstripping supply. In view of the small number of companies producing the relevant technology and the demand therefor, it is extremely difficult to obtain even a booking with a factory to have a cable produced. Transbay Cable in California would have charged $500 million to produce a cable that would have been shorter and would have yielded less power than that which we are developing. There are other examples but the circumstances relating to each is different and is dependent on geography and grid connection upgrades.

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