Pauline O'Reilly (Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for their presentations. We are looking at a plan-led approach if we are talking about an auction, which was different from how things developed in onshore wind and more akin to offshore. What size storage facilities are the witnesses talking about? What is in their head? What does that look like in respect of the amount of space it takes? I think Deputy Bruton asked this question but I am not sure it was answered – perhaps it was. How far away from the source does the storage facility need to be?

I have two more questions. What is the length of time for development from the point of having an auction to having it up and running? It takes a very long time for offshore wind. The witness talked about having 2 GW by 2030, which seems quite significant.

Finally, what is the comparison internationally? Which other countries are at that level of development? When talking about lithium, it was said that this is what we have now – lithium-ion. However, there will be many different types of different technology. How fast do we expect that to come online?