Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed)

3:00 pm

Mr. Robin McCormick:

Taking into account each of the different technologies, we would give wind a very small credit for being there when we need it. Conventional plant gets a greater credit depending on what their outage regime is, how often they are forced out, and what their planned outage rate is. For interconnectors, we give the interconnector a credit and then subtract that from the demand that must be met.