Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 16 April 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Arthur Moynihan:
We are not seeing an increase in the amount of gas required in the system but the make-up of those plants and the number may change. In recent auctions, a number of new smaller gas plants were successful. The make-up of the gas portfolio will change out to 2030. Beyond that, a lot depends on what happens with gas, renewable gas, power to gas and other technologies that may play a part, and how the coupling between electricity and gas out over the next 20 years can decarbonise the system.