Abstract: Distantly-located offshore energy hubs need to be connected to the shore via High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) links to allow for an efficient bulk power exchange. A bipolar configuration ...

Officials from Ireland and Spain have recently held initial discussions on a proposed undersea electricity interconnector. The governments are working towards finalising a memorandum of understanding ...

Ireland’s Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment, Darragh O’Brien, has announced that Ireland and Spain are in talks to build an interconnector to link the electricity grids of both ...

Energy minister Darragh O’Brien said the Government would have to examine possible locations where the interconnector could land in Ireland Energy minister Darragh O’Brien has said work is ongoing to ...

IRELAND is set to do a deal with Spain for a share of its solar power through a giant 1000km interconnector, it has emerged. Ireland’s energy system is said to be at a tipping point. Wind already ...

The Irish Government is going to sign an agreement early next year which would see an undersea electricity interconnector built to Spain. Minister for Climate, Environment and Energy Darragh O'Brien ...

October 21, 2025 at 7:52 am An artist’s impression of how the six wind turbines would look at Quanterness. Orkney Islands Council (OIC) has secured a £62.1 million loan from The National Wealth Fund ...

The Great Sea Interconnector is “a priority” for the government, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Monday. “It will definitively end our country’s energy isolation, enhancing the security ...

For most Brits, January 8, 2025, was an uneventful Wednesday, albeit slightly cold. But these low temperatures, coupled with a significant drop in wind speed, contributed to a spike in the real-time ...

“Several points of convergence” were found during the latest meeting to be held on the matter of the Great Sea Interconnector on Friday, according to reports. Friday’s meeting took place in Athens and ...

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