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What Donegal’s Wind Power Shortfall Teaches Us About Grid Limitations
Tuesday, 4th June, was a very windy day. Average wind speed across the country was estimated to be 34 km/h, making it the windiest 4th

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 give wind and solar projects

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 those maps above. Since 2016

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 when it was built, this

Constraints On The Grid
We are in a race to get more renewable power into our homes so that we can end our dependency on expensive imported fossil fuels.

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 generator to produce less electricity