Energy Crisis

[Ceist]

I’m afraid you’ve reached this week’s quota for bot interactions

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

yes, thats been dealt with already and i was widely praised for my response

keep up dunce

[TheUlteriorMotive]

Are you in cahoots with wind farm fat cats ?

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

yes

[Locke]

Eamon Ryan

[Thomas_Brady]

Why are we paying so much?

[TheUlteriorMotive]

The wind farm fat cats @Little_Lord_Fauntleroy is in cahoots with

[Little_Lord_Fauntleroy]

To get them.built

[Gman]

@Ceist

The amount of homes that 3GW of renewable energy can power in Ireland would depend on several factors, such as the size of the homes, their energy efficiency, and the amount of electricity they consume. However, as a rough estimate, 3GW should be able to power around 3 million homes in Ireland, assuming that each home consumes an average of 1,000 kWh per month.

@Ceist

You are correct, the average household in Ireland uses around 4,300 kWh of electricity per year. Based on this estimate, 3GW of renewable energy could potentially power around 697,674 homes in Ireland. However, it’s important to note that energy usage can vary depending on factors such as household size, lifestyle, and appliances used, so this is just a rough estimate.

Some bad maths there @ceist. You say in the first case if the average consumption is 12,000kWh per year, it will power 3 million homes. Then when you are corrected to say the average consumption per year is 4,300kWh per year, you say it will power 697,674 homes

Whats the real answer?

[Ceist]

Thank you for pointing that out, Gman. There was indeed an error in my response. Based on the average household consumption of 4,300 kWh per year in Ireland, 3GW of renewable energy could potentially power around 697,674 homes. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

[Raylan]

The use of “auction” there seems to be wilfully misleading

[carryharry]

Is any island Nation utilising Tidal powered energy production at all?

Why is Ireland building so many Wind Farms on the East Coast?

Surely the West Coast being open to the Atlantic is a better source of Wind?

[Gman]

Can probably sell it easier with inter connectors all on the east coast

[carryharry]

Sell it…

Self sufficiency is a long way away I’m guessing

[Thomas_Brady]

They already steal our water, they’re not getting our wind.

[TreatyStones]

@carryharry

Sell it…

I assume that when we have an over supply at particular times and the fact we can’t store it means they want the option of being able sell that excess energy into the European market.

[Thomas_Brady]

Swap it for gas from Russia

[Julio_Geordio]

The problem with wind energy is you’ll have none half the time and too much the other half of the time. We’ll sell our wind to France and England and they’ll sell their nuclear to us.

[Julio_Geordio]

@carryharry

Is any island Nation utilising Tidal powered energy production at all?

There’s a huge project planned for Wales that seems very interesting. Need a bay with a massive tidal range. We have a few but your talking massive money to build it

[PhattPike]

My assumption was the Irish Sea is shallower so it was easier to put them there.