Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

One thing is not clear from reading the correspondence. I noted a piece when I was going through the letter that comes under the subheading, "Electricity and power generation (particularly in relation to back up capacity and energy security)". The letter states: "I am advised that the figure of €1bn for backup capacity within the larger €33-€37bn electricity sector figure consists primarily of incremental battery storage." There is very little detail. It goes on to state, "will predominantly be used to manage solar power on an intra-day basis." I presume it is talking about power that is generated today and used tomorrow. I would like a little bit of detail about that. Wearing a different hat, maybe Deputy Carthy or somebody else here can explain that. Are we talking about some of the finance that will go to farmers for anaerobic digestion or for solar that can be stored by means of batteries?

What are we talking about in this regard? I do not know. Is anyone on the committee aware of what that is about?