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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
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 of Mayo and Galway has
Removing an unnecessary barrier to renewable energy
The first step in building a wind or solar farm is to get planning permission. Once you have planning permission, the project can then look