Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 15 December 2020
Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Renewable Energy Directive: Motions
Mr. Eamonn Confrey:
Denmark did not have the volume this year. The agreement Deputy Whitmore referenced was between the Netherlands and Denmark. The total was 16 terawatt hours. The Netherlands has purchased 8 terawatt hours, as Deputy Whitmore correctly points out, at €12.50 per megawatt hour. Essentially, most of the surplus that Denmark has, is going towards the Dutch agreement, if we can put it that way, so that is why Denmark was not able to offer us any more, but they are confident that they can offer us what the Netherlands may not need next year, should we require it, but at the lower price.