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In the early 1990s ESB began considering replacing expensive diesel generation on larger offshore islands, including Clare Island, with subsea connections to the national grid and prepared a submission that secured European Community funding for this multi-island cable project, paving the way for subsequent phases such as the Inishbofin/Clare Island link, for which the EU agreed to pay half of the expected £2.6 million cost.