Carbon emissions from Ireland’s electricity sector could be cut from almost 10 million tonnes annually to under 2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent by 2030 and bring a €180 million price reduction for consumers, according to a report by energy specialists Baringa. Their analysis issued on Wednesday also sets out a more long-term pathway to a…
A “significant and immediate increase” in the scale and pace of greenhouse gas emission reductions is required if Ireland is to have any chance of meeting demanding targets in the Climate Bill, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has warned. The programme for government and the Bill commit to a 51 per cent reduction in emissions by 2030…
Counsel for a group of landowners also claimed the decision to give the go-ahead for the North South Interconnector unlawfully violated Stormont’s Ministerial Code. But government lawyers insisted new legislation meant Infrastructure Minister Minister Nichola Mallon had legal power to authorise the project without taking it to her Executive colleagues. Members of Safe Electricity Armagh…
They say getting to 70pc renewable electricity by 2030, as currently planned, will need multiple battery-storage installations, the completion of three planned transboundary interconnectors and a strengthened transmission grid. Even with all these components in place, natural gas will remain essential to power supply in 2030 and beyond, albeit on a reduced scale. They also warn…
Irish utility ESB is taking first steps in exploring the potential for industrial-scale storage of green hydrogen in vast, emptied oil & gas structures beneath the seabed offshore, with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with subsurface energy asset developer dCarbonX to build first projects. Under the MoU, ESB and dCarbonX will work…
Ireland’s Environment, Climate and Communications Minister Eamon Ryan has confirmed the government’s approval to block imports of fracked gas into the country. It also includes a moratorium on the development of liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals, pending the completion of the review of security of supply. The review will consider if it would be appropriate, or…