By Justin Moran, Director of External Affairs at Wind Energy Ireland Ireland’s energy system is under pressure. Demand for electricity is growing, the grid is congested in many parts of the country, and too much clean, home-grown renewable energy is wasted because it cannot get to where it is needed. In that context, the Government’s Private […]
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Renewable Energy Ireland (REI) partnered with WLR FM in Waterford to host a 12-week series exploring key aspects of renewable energy throughout the autumn and early winter of 2025. In this episode, Marcos Byrne of Wind Energy Ireland joins the conversation to discuss Ireland’s electricity grid, the backbone of the energy system. The discussion explores how
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Over the next year or so you, and other Irish electricity consumers, will pay nearly one billion euro in imperfection charges. It’s one of the drawbacks of our electricity grid not being strong enough and it costs us hundreds of millions of euro each year. First, let’s start with explaining what imperfection charges are as
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