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CRU adds second application window to accelerate renewable energy!
Thank you!! Earlier this year we asked people to email their TDs to urge them to support our campaign to...
by Justin MoranSeptember 26, 2024
EirGrid
A reinforced grid = more available clean electricity
Wind Energy Ireland has worked with MullanGrid to track annual constraint levels in Ireland since 2016. See a summary of...
by Justin MoranAugust 12, 2024
Renewable Energy
Do constraints affect new wind farms?
Introduction Our electricity grid was designed to accommodate a small number of fossil-fuel generators around the country. In the 1920s...
by Justin MoranAugust 12, 2024
Renewable Energy
Constraints On The Grid
We are in a race to get more renewable power into our homes so that we can end our dependency...
by Justin MoranAugust 9, 2024
Renewable Energy
Why is that wind turbine not moving?
What is Dispatch Down? Put simply, ‘Dispatch Down’ occurs when EirGrid, as the transmission system operator, instructs a renewable electricity...
by Justin MoranJuly 17, 2024
Renewable Energy
Floating wind energy on the west coast is a great idea, just one question, where’s my grid?
For anyone working in the Irish wind energy industry the recent political furore over floating wind farms off the coasts...
by Justin MoranMay 28, 2024