Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 March 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Frank Burke:

Energy storage can reduce grid congestion. It would be very helpful if there was an outline of what the market for that would look like to reflect the value to the grid of reducing grid congestion. There is no indication of a market at the moment. That is one of the reasons energy storage is not being used for that. It could be used for that and it could help significantly because getting a grid connection is one of the constraints of meeting our 2030 targets; getting enough grid connections for all the plant that needs to come in.