My power has gone 3 of the last 4 evenings.
Hydro Power.
Are there sites suitable in the Country? Seems a no brainier regardless of cost now at this if the source is there to be effective
Not on a grand scale but there might be a fantastic opportunity for certain people with land. I think we are tapped out on a grand scale, you could widen the weir in ardnacrusha but for what cost. It is a wonderful, cheap resource if you have the right circumstance.
Looking at projects in China theyāve been in the Billionsā¦.
Iām assuming Nuclear Plants are going to be similar money.
Long term itās the only viable option surely?
Itās completely dependent on the geography/topography of a country. Head pressure is what makes hydroelectric generators viable, we are not ideal to benefit from hydro apart from the projects currently in place. Nuke + solar and kiss my arse wind are is the most likely way forward. Hydro is very limited here but much more useful on a micro level if you have favourable circumstances. We need more interconnections with France and a stake in their plants in addition to our renewables. More panels on houses and farm sheds plus battery banks and sell to the grid for minimal energy costs
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Sure that would be great if the power companies bought into it. Cunts wonāt take extra power or pay you for it currently.
Government needs to get serious on that front
I think that is changing in the next year or so, Iām putting up panels on the sheds here. Pure luck that they have the right orientation, itās an awful failing that having a South facing shed wasnt a pre requisite when applying for planning. Iāll be putting in a power bank to store energy and sell back the surplus
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Any idea on costs yet?
Every Agricultural & Industrial unit should have these on them whether by law building new or at retrofit.
there was a really good FF TD Christopher OāSullivan on Newstalk about this, Ireland will have enough power from Wind to power 5m homes by 2030
There are loads of options, a power pack from a battery powered forklift might do or you might need to make up a lithium power bank. Itās related to how much energy you need to store and I havenāt fully priced it out yet. Itās happening though and the panel man is due in the next couple of weeks. We need to monitor what sort of surplus they accumulat and work from there
Really?
Whatās the current state of play?
Be very interested to hear how you get on chief. 
No bother, Iāll take it to PMās
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āIn order to meet these targets, Ireland will need to almost double its onshore wind generation (from 4.1 GW now to about 8 GW) and will need to hugely increase its offshore wind electricity (from just 25 MW today to 5 GW by 2030ā
The TD said its 50/50 whether we will make it
the scots aiming for 15GW
Itās all grand once the wind blows inside the applicable parameters and to a lesser extent the sun shines
Any talk of the Tidal Energy in the Shannon Estuary since?
yes, having the interconnectors will be important
If Diesel is limited to Agri & Heavy Haulage in the long term weāre doing okay for an Island of our size.
Smaller hybrid & Electric powered cars for City driving must be the norm going forward.
Days of high powered luxury vehicles will have to be numbered.
The Netflix documentary on the VW Clean Diesel scam was fairly eye opening.
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True, it will be a massive boon if managed remotely correctly. Itās very anorak but a few of us were working out roof space of sheds that were built in the last 10 years recently and itās astronomical. Precisely zero % of them were mandated to be erected in a southernly Orientation. Mine only went that way due to prevailing wind, thatās real waste right there for the ones that arenāt. Itās an absolute joke
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This was a suggestion that looks solid on paper but no way it would happen due to NIMBYISM.
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