Michael Moynihan (Cork North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Given the considerable emphasis on wind energy and the talk about expanding wind energy capacity, is EirGrid or the Government concerned that we could become over-reliant on wind energy such that there would not be enough electricity in the system during crucial periods of high demand if there were insufficient wind at the time?

On the subject of the proposed wind energy farms in the midlands that are to export electricity to the United Kingdom, will all the energy be taken underground to the point where it is to go under the sea?

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