24/09/2012 (Agence Europe) - East-West interconnection operational on 1 October. The electricity interconnection between Ireland and the United Kingdom, which was inaugurated on 19 September by the Irish Prime Minister, Enda Kenny, and the Energy Commissioner, Günther Oettinger, will start operations in early October. With a length of 260 km and a transport capacity of 500MW, the east-west interconnector links the Irish and British electricity networks between Meath and Deeside (Wales). On...