An initial allowance of €13.8 billion has been approved by the CRU.
Happy workforce.
One thing to take into account here is that these figures are based on Ireland having an average winter, like last year’s, with only a few relatively short periods of severe cold.
“To make sure the lights don’t go out”
To integrate more “renewable” energy sources.
‘Significant capacity deficits over the coming years’
The author is a senior executive working in the energy sector in Ireland whose identity is known to Gript. We have agreed to provide him anonymity so that he can speak freely. As our inexorable march towards an all wind and solar electricity system gathers pace the island of Ireland is careering towards a winter […]
On Friday, Eirgrid announced that peak electricity demand had been surpassed twice in the previous seven days. It was ironic that this came on the day that the first of two midlands peat stations, Shannonbridge in County Offaly, were officially closed. The remaining peat station at Lough Ree will shut down next Friday. The reasons given by Eirgrid […]