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 […]
The price of imperfection Read More »
Ireland’s energy transition is at a critical juncture. A newly published report, entitled A Colossal Missed Opportunity, from the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council and the Climate Change Advisory Council has laid bare the financial risks facing the country if we fail to meet our climate commitments. Among the stark warnings, one message is clear: our
Invest in our grid today, to save billions tomorrow Read More »
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 June of the last six years, so it should have been a big day for Donegal wind farms. Justin Moran explains why it wasn’t. Donegal has the third most installed
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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 than it can or even to shut down entirely. If a wind farm receives this instruction even though everything might be working fine and the wind is blowing exactly how
Why is that wind turbine not moving? Read More »
