Energy sector players say better storage systems are needed to provide security of supply and prevent blackouts in Ireland.
A recent Eirgrid warning of potential power cuts is “frustrating but not surprising”, according to Strategic Power Projects’ Paul Carson.
Eirgrid, Ireland’s national grid operator, said energy deficits will increase in the short term due to the deteriorating availability of power plants.
Its annual generation capacity statement describes the current outlook as “very serious” and warned the number of system alerts will likely increase in the coming years.
A recent Eirgrid winter outlook report, meanwhile, calculated that electricity consumers could be without supplies for about four hours this winter.
However, the report advises that while this has been calculated as a “high probability” due to insufficient…
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