Separate reports in the past week have poured scorn on talk of the State becoming the ‘Saudi Arabia of wind’ and challenge the narrative that a switch to clean energy will deliver cheaper energy prices to consumers
Ireland risks being left behind in the digital age by our negative view of data centres, says Garry Connolly, director of industry lobby group Digital Infrastructure Ireland
Regulator’s figures show numbers behind with energy bills falling
Provisional figures for the first half of February show wholesale prices remain at a similar high level, with more pain coming for consumers
Electricity consumption by installations has long been a problem
To shut door on data centres would send signal Ireland does not want to be part of ‘most profound economic revolution’, Micheál Martin says
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Energy industry regulators to publish decision on Tuesday
Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology is hailed as a panacea for concerns about electricity supply and flexibility, but can it be made to work?
Cases were brought by Energia Group Holdings and a number of its subsidiaries, along with GR Wind Farms and its subsidiaries, against the Commission for Regulation of Utilities
High Court quashes decision of grid operator Eirgrid, supported by Commission for Regulation of Utilities to bar Kilshane Energy and Coolpowra
Kilshane Energy plans two power stations at Huntstown, while related companies are connected to east Galway projects
Kilshane Energy and related companies want to be allowed to bid in auction for right to sell electricity to the grid
Customers who switched every year for the last four years could have saved €946 on electricity, €775 on gas or €2,018 on dual fuel costs
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Energy is yet another area where the poor pay more, not just in monetary terms, but in health outcomes and quality of life
Seen & Heard: Eamon Waters planning woes, Foreign investment complacency, and SimpleStudy secures new funding
Household electricity and gas bills are falling, but remain well above what consumers were used to for many years
Energy provider cutting cost of electricity for smart meter customers by 5 per cent, while others will receive 3 per cent cut
Research shows arrears levels trending at historically high levels
Regulator raises network charges to fund €1.4bn maintenance and investment of grid and power distribution systems
Sean Canney has called on the Government to intervene but Uisce Éireann has said that annual increase will be less than €250 for vast majority of users
Regulators sets public service obligation charge for 12 months from October
Applicant Herbata says ‘next generation’ data centres will not depend on the national grid for power
Richfield Solar Farm in Wexford could power 4,500 homes but uncertainty over development remains
Storage systems can bank excess energy from renewables that can be utilised on the grid instead of fossil fuel
It is easy to discern a reflective personality and a strong engineer mindset in the man leading the ESB
Plans for 72,400 square metre data storage facility at Grange Castle site which houses servers for products including Gmail, Google Maps and its search engine
Amazon’s arguments are a reminder of the central role that data centres play in the global strategy of large technology companies - and of the State’s challenges on green energy
Small modular nuclear reactors may prove to be viable, cost-effective and necessary if economy is to decarbonise, Irish Academy of Engineering report finds
A review of data centre connection policy by the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities is due to published in the coming weeks
A new regime of fixed tariffs, announced on Wednesday, will make it more worthwhile for individuals, companies and community projects to sell on excess power
Commission for the Regulation of Utilities says Irish suppliers’ hedging strategy protected consumers from worst of post-Ukraine invasion cost spike
Data centres use vast quantities of electricity and there have been calls for a moratorium on such facilities
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