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Wed 07 Jul 2008Expert warns of risk to electricity supply
PUTTING KEY parts of the electricity network underground will increase the risk of power cuts, according to experts who recently completed a Government report.
German consultancy Ecofys told members of the Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources that underground transmission cables were not suitable for use as part of the national electricity grid as the technology was not sufficiently well developed.
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