Appeals on the radio last night for people not to use electricity at peak times due to low output from renewables.
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We need to keep them servers cool mate
makes sense in this transitional phase
No to gas
No to wind farms
It’s ok. People in Rooral Ireland can car pool to the dole office before they are eventually eaten by wolves.
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Years of neglecting reliable sources of energy and switching to ‘renewables’ all over the West and we have these mysterious, unexpected energy problems. The weirdo green lefty clowns then shrugging how did this happen? Must be the war in Ukraine, that’s it.
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eh…
Ireland successfully held its first-ever offshore wind auction. Four projects with a combined capacity of 3 GW were awarded. The average price of the winning bids was €86/MWh, much lower than expected. The successful completion of the auction is a breakthrough for renewables in Ireland and critical to achieving the targets set in Ireland’s 2030 Climate Action Plan.
EirGrid, the Irish transmission system operator, has announced the provisional results ** of Ireland’s first-ever offshore wind auction under its new Offshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS). The auction attracted major interest from wind energy developers, leading to a healthy oversubscription: four offshore wind projects with a combined capacity of 3 GW were awarded. More than 4.1 GW of bids were submitted.
The auction is a crucial landmark for the expansion of offshore wind in Ireland. As of now Ireland only has one small offshore wind farm of 25 MW.
The auction is also key to delivering Ireland’s 2030 Climate Action Plan. Ireland wants to have 5 GW of installed offshore wind capacity and a further 2 GW of floating wind capacity under development by 2030. It’s central to the government’s target to provide 80% of electricity from renewables by 2030. But it will only be the beginning. By 2050 Ireland aspires to have at least 37 GW of offshore wind.
The winning bids will be granted a 20-year contract-for-difference (CfD). The average price of the winning bids was €86/MWh, lower than previously expected and significantly lower than the maximum bid price of 150€/MWh.
“Under development by 2030”
That’s a nice vague target.
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Cant have wind energy without a gas powered baseload pal
fingal & the pale will be ready by 2027
that was before the statement yesterday about speeding up planning
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The green cager who knocked a child out of a pram still lurking on…
When will your party do the decent thing mate??
The sooner these clowns get the electoral obliteration they deserve, the better
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what? dont you believe in climate change?
I do mate yes.
The climate has changed throughout our planet’s history. Be odd for it to stop
do you believe in man made climate change
I do yes
sorry, completely misread this- i thought you were saying Ireland taking a stand against fossil fuel fracking was a bad thing
soz
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How much will our stand lower global temperatures?