PPA Energy is part of the consortium, led by RPS Energy, which has won this flagship project for the future of renewable energy in the British Isles.

The Irish Scottish Links on Energy Study (ISLES), a joint project between the Scottish Government, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment (Northern Ireland) and the Department of Energy, Communications and Natural Resources (Ireland), will look at potential sites for renewable energy generation in coastal waters. RPS Group has been awarded the contract to examine the feasibility of creating an offshore grid linking Scotland and Ireland.

The ISLES study will help explore issues around an offshore transmission network in the Irish Sea and assist to make the case for commercial investment. It will be the first building block towards making an offshore grid a reality. It will complement the work of the ENSG and will help inform work to achieve the European vision of an offshore Supergrid. PPA Energy will take specific responsibility for the regulatory and economic workstreams.