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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

...hour on importing fossil fuels like oil and gas into the State. The cost of this massive reliance on imported fossil fuels is now reflected in the prices we pay to heat our homes, fuel our cars and power our appliances. While Ireland’s energy and climate policy is strongly influenced by that of Europe, our delivery of fuels like oil and gas is also impacted very much by what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Dr. Paul Deane: Deputy Haughey asked whether the CRU needs more power. I do not believe so. We need to be more agile. This is not a criticism focused only on the CRU, but rather across all institutions working on energy provision in Ireland, whether they work on planning, processing or permitting. We need to display a level of agility. When I reflect on the last crisis, the Covid-19...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

...that I see this crisis lasting. I think we need to be clear. We must communicate to citizens that it is something which will probably last at least 18 months. The Senator asked about nuclear power and the outlook in Europe. Nuclear is a very sensitive issue across Europe. It is very different among member states. In the past year, we have seen something of a renaissance in terms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Marian Harkin: ...that could be elaborated on and the practical steps that could be taken might be outlined. This is for both of the witnesses. In the area of farming energy; bio-digesters, small turbines and solar panels, what is the Green Deal saying and doing to promote these? Dr. Deane said that the challenge for Ireland's energy security is the present not the future. That is the kind of thing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Robert Troy: ...86% and 75% of that is imported, will either of the witnesses indicate, at the time Ireland was permitted to use industrially harvested peat, what percentage of our energy was derived from our peat power stations? Energy security for Ireland, as both speakers have been at pains to say, cannot be dealt with in isolation. It is part of the energy security of Europe and while Ireland is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

...20% of the energy we use in Ireland. We often confuse energy and electricity. If we look around our homes, offices and the room we are in at the moment we see that electricity is commonly used to power appliances. However, outside our homes we see trucks, heating systems and large industry use oil and gas for heating and transport and these are the dominant vectors of energy....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Mr. Cillian O'Donoghue: I will respond to Deputy Troy's three questions on wind, solar and farming biogas. On wind, Denmark is a good country to use as an example. It went very much pro-wind over a decade ago. I do not know the numbers off the top of my head but I think more than 50% of its generation is wind. It is a good country to take inspiration from. I repeat that the obstacles...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

...with society to make a decision on whether to go for nuclear or not. Basically, it needs to be broken down. There are four sources of decarbonised electricity – nuclear, hydro, wind and solar. There are some other smaller sources, but those are the four main ones. I understand that, from an Irish perspective, the potential of hydro is quite limited. If nuclear is ruled out,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-level Policy Response to Current Energy Security Issues: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

...: I am a great believer in the possibility and potential of community energy schemes. It is tricky with wind turbines because the capital outlay tends to be large but now, there is the advent of solar power. To a certain degree, I suppose for farming communities, anaerobic digestion is a lot more possible. It is something I would like to see a lot more of. It allows people to engage...