Renewable energy target to be exceeded
IRELAND IS set to overshoot its target for generating 40 per cent of its electricity needs from renewable energy by 2020, Minister for Energy Eamon Ryan revealed yesterday. Mr Ryan, addressing the National Summit on Renewable Energy at Croke Park, Dublin, said renewable energy targets were ahead of target and “about three” new interconnectors linking...
Wind farms break 1,000MW barrier
CHARLIE TAYLOR The amount of electricity generated by Ireland’s wind farms broke the 1,000 megawatts (MW) barrier for the first time last weekend, providing enough power to supply the needs of 650,000 homes. The very windy conditions last weekend resulted in an all-time peak wind output of 1064 MW on Saturday, generating enough power to...
Offshore wind energy firms hopeful of major EU support
OFFSHORE WIND energy producers are hoping major support for the industry will be signalled by EU Commissioner for Energy Andris Piebalgs, when he addresses their annual conference in Dublin today. Currently in excess of 2,500 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind energy are in planning, alongside about another 8,000MW of onshore wind energy, representing potential investment...
€300bn for offshore windfarms – Are windfarms a good idea?
Lets hope the ESB will speed up the connection of wind farms in the future. This industry appears to have great potential for employment in the future and who knows if we get it right we could make a good deal of money from selling the extra electricity we dont use. I would also like...
Eirgrid gets permit for link
This look’s pretty sweet, for the electricity network. Hopefully it will be fully utilized for exporting all the wind energy that we have already built and in the pipeline. Who know’s maybe one day we could become a wind energy giant with the west coast as just one big massive wind farm! NATIONAL ELECTRICITY network operator...
