Results 1-20 of 107 for esb speaker:Timmy Dooley

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Timmy Dooley: ...aimed at having a collaborative discussion about the decarbonisation of our energy, not just our power grid but also from a liquid fuels perspective. Not enough recognition is given to what the ESB is about. The Minister of State knows as does the Minister, Deputy Ryan but maybe the wider business ecosystem does not. I refer to recognition of the work that is under way and the vision...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: Would the witnesses accept that in order to look at the space beyond 2030, we need to show incentives? Quite frankly, we are competing with other countries for investment. The ESB lost an investment partner because it did not feel we were geared up in advance to do the work that was necessary. Should we not put greater emphasis on beyond 2030 now, recognising the massive potential into the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: ESB Networks identified it on foot of an expectation that the CRU was coming to visit it to do an audit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Large Energy Users Rebalancing Subvention: Discussion (23 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: ...quantum of money was €50 million, and that was absolute, then the notion of using a percentage to attribute at a later stage just does not seem right. In any event, that is what happened. Is ESB Networks convinced with respect to its entire calculation system? Has it done any further reviews of practices or procedures that existed previously?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Future Licences and Contracts to Connect Data Centres to the Gas Network: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...of data centres. In my humble opinion, we have to emphasise their importance for our economic future. There can also be a sustainability element to this. Both groups will be familiar with the ESB's proposals to develop an offshore wind entity off the west coast of Ireland and will be aware that there are others looking at such a project. I will mention two things. I would like Ms...

Seanad: Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Second Stage (6 Jul 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...opportunity to capture of wind for the generation of electricity to power our economy into the future. The quicker we can do that the better. The Minister of State knows about the plans the ESB has with others to develop an offshore wind farm off the west coast of County Clare. That will bring great potential for Ireland in terms of green, clean energy. It will potentially bring the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Timmy Dooley: The balancing point is the more competition, the better. I am conscious that when the ESB was unfurled from the all-embracing company that it was, the price of electricity was forced upwards in order to create a competitive environment and bring others in. I do not believe it has gone back down since. Recognising where we are, has the CRU looked at another model in terms of capping prices?...

Seanad: Wind Energy: Statements (25 Jan 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...when an opportunity presents itself, you have to grasp it. It is still not beyond us. The ambition the Minister has brought to the table from his initial appointment changed the thinking of the ESB overnight. I had numerous meetings with the ESB over recent years about what was going to happen in Moneypoint, recognising that a Government decision had been taken to close the plant there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...State? My final question relates to sustainability. Mr. Moriarty said that the airline has had early discussions with the Department on sustainable fuel and I am sure he is familiar with the ESB's plans to develop a hydrogen facility in Moneypoint. Hydrogen is a significant core fuel in the context of the development of sustainable aviation fuel. A lot of work is being done in...

Seanad: Statements on COP27 (8 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ..., is the Minister's ambition, but one of the biggest things the State could do is decarbonise our electricity network. The Minister visited County Clare recently where he met key personnel from the ESB to discuss transitioning the facility at Moneypoint away from the burning of coal. Moneypoint will become the onshore base for electricity generated off shore which will help to power our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...synthetic fuels that can be developed, particularly now recognising that hydrogen will be produced in the mid-west. The Minister was in Moneypoint recently, so he will be familiar with what the ESB is proposing to do there with the generation of hydrogen and the possibility of that becoming the base fuel or the base energy for the creation of more carbon-reduced fuels for the aviation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...fuel research at Trinity College. Could he talk to us a little about that and what he is trying to achieve there? I ask him to connect it to what is happening in the mid west, where the ESB is proposing to generate hydrogen from offshore wind at the times of the day when the demand is not that great. There is an ecosystem developing there around hydrogen which, hopefully, based on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Update on Issues in Aviation Sector: Engagement with Mr. Willie Walsh (16 Nov 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...the support of Ryanair. Colleges in Limerick - the University of Limerick and the Technological University of the Shannon, TUS - and others are focusing on it. A project is under way, led by the ESB, on the generation of green hydrogen from offshore wind, which is expected to be coming ashore, hopefully, by the end of the decade. Could Mr. Walsh talk to us about the importance of that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: We have seen the issue then in recent weeks where EirGrid has indicated the potential for blackouts in that peak period. I will conclude on this point. Mr. Fenlon was CFO of the ESB until recently. He will be aware that the ESB in an auction in 2019 bid a phenomenally low rate to provide capacity. I think it was about €46 per MW. After two years, in 2021, the ESB, having won the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I know, but I just want him to comment on the ESB saying it would not be able to deliver. While he was CFO, the ESB had to pay the State a penalty of €4 million for that. To his mind, was that a failure of management within the ESB at the time? Does he accept that the failure or whatever decisions were taken then have impacted and added to the potential for blackouts this year on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...that would prevent them. The documentation that was produced in 2014 and 2015 charted what happened. I go back to what I said the last day about the way in which the criteria allowed the ESB to participate. I have not suggested it did anything wrong. It saw what was in front of it. It cornered a big slice of the market and failed to deliver. I find that hard. I have said this to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...some of the other bidders from the process. As a result of that, some of these actors failed to deliver. Can anybody tell me if there is validity to that? It has also been suggested that the ESB was one of the bidders that did not have either grid access or planning permission for up to 400 MW and, as a result, did not deliver. It paid the fee that was required if it failed to deliver...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...wider. The regulator allowed more people in. It seems that those that were not ready bid low, won the contracts, or in elements, 400 MW, and did not deliver. It is put to me that this suited the ESB and that it was a commercial decision on its behalf because it had legacy plant that would be drawn on anyway. In other words, it was pushing somebody else out of the way for its own benefit.

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...a great point that the wind does not blow all the time, and for sure it does not. Even worse, it blows at the time when the demand is least, which is principally at night. This ties in with what the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, is talking about, which is seen in a project in the constituency that I live in, which is Clare. The ESB and others are developing a plan around hydrogen. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...in the floating offshore. I am thankful to Mr. Dollard for having identified that that now needs to form part of the auction process. I will be specific initially on the issues with regard to the ESB. Will Mr. Dollard comment on what he is hearing within the powers that be and what the resistance might be to making floating offshore part of an auction process? We need to understand...