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East-West Interconnector, Interconnecting grids

East-West Interconnector, Interconnecting grids

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The Irish transmission system operator (TSO), EirGrid, award- ed a contract to ABB to supply power equipment to connect the power grids of Ireland and Wales. Ireland is expanding its wind power generation and the 500 MW ±200 kV EWIC HVDC Light transmission system provides an opportunity to export excess power into the UK market. Because EWIC transmits electricity in both directions, it ben- efits consumers by improving security of supply, inc

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