Electricity use by data centres increased by almost a third last year alone as the sector expanded and activity increased. The 31pc increase in demand in 2022 is just the latest in a series of annual increases which has seen the sector’s energy usage soar by 400pc in the last seven years. The extraordinary growth…
The system alert means that the buffer between the demand for electricity and the available supply is currently below optimum levels. While the alert warns of potential future issues, it does not indicate a current loss of electricity supply to customers. A system alert often passes off without incident once a sufficient buffer between electricity…
The five interconnectors, which connect Great Britain with France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Norway, transported almost 12 per cent more power than in the same period last year, at an average of 91 GWh per day. National Grid reported that a total of 2.6 TWh of power was transported through its cables in January alone,…
Rystad Energy’s current base case forecast has Europe adding as much as 530 gigawatts (GW) of solar PV and onshore and offshore wind between 2022 and 2030, more than 66 GW per year on average. Furthermore, the share of solar and wind combined as a share of total installed capacity surpassed 10% in 2010 and…
Wholesale Electricity and Gas Policy Division, Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications 29-31 Adelaide Road Dublin 2 D02 X285 28 October 2022 Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications By email: energyconsultation@decc.gov.ie Response to consultation on Review of the Security of Energy Supply of Ireland’s Electricity and Natural Gas Systems Dear Sir/Madam, MaresConnect Limited…
Increasing demand and the retirement of older generating stations will likely create electricity supply challenges for the island of Ireland in the coming years, according to this year’s generation capacity statement (GCS). The GCS is published annually by EirGrid and examines the likely balance between electricity demand and supply in the period up to 2030. …