Grid Development

With our partners, we are installing over 50km of underground electricity cables connecting substations across the city. Upgrades will also take place to a number of electricity substations to support Dublin’s electricity grid, with two new substations being built at Poolbeg and in central Dublin.

Powering Up Dublin (PUD) is a critical programme that will strengthen key electricity infrastructure in Dublin and the surrounding areas, making the city ‘renewable ready’. Dublin’s demand for electricity has grown and will continue to grow in the years ahead as society moves to using electricity for heat and transport. These works allow the country to meet our energy demands now and in the future. This report identifies the Best Performing Option to replace the existing Inchicore to Poolbeg 220 kV circuits 1 & 2 (CP1150 & CP1157).

This Strategic Framework Document allows EirGrid’s current programme of grid development projects to be understood in a regional context, showing the interdependencies of the projects, challenges within the region and how grid development is part of the economic development of the region

Capital Project 1233 is a proposed electricity development that will help to meet a network strengthening need identified in the northwest of the country along the Clogher – Srananagh network corridor. This report is the Emerging Best Performing Technology Option Report for Capital Project 1233. It is intended
to help select the best technology option for the project.