Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 September 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion

2:00 pm

Mr. Peter O'Shea:

On Deputy Eamon Ryan's first question, 2050 is a long way away but the electricity system requires long-term planning. Our analysis indicates that we need to maintain some form of balancing power on the system to balance out renewables. Our 2050 position is that we see renewables grow to 50% by the middle of the next decade and, beyond that, up to around 65% or 70% when we get towards the 2040 and 2050 mark. Many of the roadmaps we have looked at - I will refer to Mr. John Lawlor on UCC - but I am pretty sure that the UCC roadmap has biomass as a key part-----