Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed)
1:59 pm
Mr. Robert Watt:
On certain days, if it gets very windy and it is cold there is a demand. A lot of the time when it is very windy there is not the demand for it. There are times, however, when the renewables can contribute a lot to the grid. Most of that is onshore wind. There is an issue about other sources of renewables and the extent to which they will compete. Onshore is the cheapest. Offshore is much more expensive. The last numbers I saw never really convinced me of the significant impact that solar was going to make in Ireland but then again I am not the expert here. There are others who are experts-----
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