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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...to us getting the planning system working effectively. Last year, there was a record volume of Irish renewables. We never installed as much renewables as we did last year. It is starting to move to solar at scale. We will see that again this year. There is real progress. The only constraints relate to the booming economy. The order books of photovoltaic, PV, companies that are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...the incinerator and being pumped into the River Liffey and use it to heat offices and homes in Dublin by 2025. That is a not insignificant volume of heat that could help to reduce emissions. On solar PV, we want every school to have a solar panel on it by 2025. That would give us some of the 5,000 MW of solar power we want to produce. We will produce more solar renewables in the next...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...of tourists, etc. The plan provides for us to deliver that. The biggest constraint is the grid. The biggest constraint in some of those service stations and other areas is getting the volume of power because it is not a small volume of power. A big improvement in the grid is needed for service stations or other locations where there might be a multi-charging point. Take the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...made the point that our transmission grid in Dublin dates back to the 1950s and 1960s. It was all out of Poolbeg. It radiated out of the old Poolbeg, not even the big chimneys but the old Poolbeg powerplant, and it would radial out. The people who built it then had a real vision and invested ahead. They built a really good transmission system for the 1950s and 1960s that served us in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...from Scotland, Wales and Sweden as well. The big prize is in the west and north west in terms of where the heavy winds are and the deep waters are out far. That can be serviced from Cork and much of the power can come back into Cork. This is absolutely central to our climate plans. It is not the only issue. We also have to deliver 5 GW of solar, another 4 GW of wind, plus a whole...