On 3 July 2025, the Waterfront Museum in Swansea hosted a significant gathering of leaders and stakeholders at the Ireland–Wales Ministerial Forum. MaresConnect was honoured to be invited to speak at the event and share our vision for the project – an important step in advancing energy integration between Ireland and Wales. Forum Highlights Chaired by the First…
The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, along with his Belgian and UK counterparts, Minister Tinne van der Straeten and Andrew Bowie, have signed a Joint Statement in Bruges, Belgium today, which paves the way for greater cooperation on renewables and interconnection opportunities between the three countries. Minister Ryan spoke about how…
Dublin, 28th February 2023 We are pleased to announce that MaresConnect has passed Ofgem’s interconnector Cap & Floor Window 3 eligibility criteria alongside six other projects. MaresConnect will now progress to the next stage which will involve a needs case assessment to determine which projects are in the interests of UK consumers. MaresConnect is expected…
Dublin, 06 July 2022 – Ofgem’s licence grants MaresConnect the right to own and operate an electricity interconnector project in the UK and provides certain associated powers as a statutory undertaker. MaresConnect is a proposed 750MW electricity interconnector linking the power markets of Ireland and Great Britain¹. The cable route is approximately 245km underground and…
London, 11 May 2022 • Funding secured for the project’s development to position MaresConnect as Ireland’s next interconnector • MaresConnect will make a major contribution to achieving Ireland’s 2030 environmental goals Foresight Group Holdings Limited¹, the listed sustainability-led infrastructure and private equity investment manager, has acquired a majority stake in the MaresConnect² interconnector project (“MaresConnect”),…