East West Cable One Ltd. Project
A competing project was undertaken by East West Cable One Ltd (EW1), also known as the East West Interconnector. The EW1 cable with a capacity of 350 MW is to be connected at Arklow substation in County Wicklow and Pentir Substation in North Wales. The second cable known as EW2 was a second phase project with a capacity of 350–500 MW is proposed between Wexford and Pembroke.
Both developments are to be funded by the private sector on commercial basis; their costs would not be recovered by system tariffs for all end users in either UK or Ireland, but rather by the users of the cable, large wholesale energy traders. Corresponding exemption from the third party access rule was granted by the European Commission on 23 November 2009.
This project is still under development and is being re-engineered by the owners of East West Cable One Ltd. for electricity export to the UK but with a later commissioning date of 2019.
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