Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 22 March 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Energy - Ambition and Challenge: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Rodney Doyle:
A process is under way so I will not go into much of the detail of that procurement process. We are hoping, however, to secure 200 MW. It will be in place for winters to come and we will have an option to keep it in place for a number of years. That will provide us with what will effectively be emergency generation such that when the system is tight we have the option to bring it on. That will be outside the current market because we would only use it for those emergency purposes.