Wholesale Electricity and Gas Policy Division,
Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
29-31 Adelaide Road
Dublin 2
D02 X285
28 October 2022
Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
By email: energyconsultation@decc.gov.ie
Response to consultation on
Review of the Security of Energy Supply of Ireland’s Electricity and Natural Gas Systems
Dear Sir/Madam,
MaresConnect Limited (MCL) welcomes the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications’ (DECC) consultation on Review of the Security of Energy Supply of Ireland’s Electricity and Natural Gas Systems 19 September 2022 (the Consultation).
MaresConnect is a proposed 750MW electricity interconnector linking the power markets of Ireland (IE) and Great Britain (GB). MaresConnect has a GB interconnector licence and a GB grid connection agreement for 750MW interconnector at National Grid’s Bodelwyddan station in North Wales.
MaresConnect is a near-term interconnector targeting commencement of operations in 2028 and is being developed by a highly experienced management team who have worked on 7 interconnector projects, including four connecting (or proposed) to Ireland. The Project is funded by a major shareholder, Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners (FEIP), with funding committed through the development phase.
We set out below our response to selected questions set out in the consultation.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch should you wish to discuss any aspect of this response.
Yours sincerely,
Simon Ludlam
CEO
Mares Connect Limited
