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

Brian Leddin: ...executive, Dr. Liam Ryan and Mr. Rodney Doyle, chief operations officer. They are also all very welcome today. As usual, I will begin with the note on privilege. I remind witnesses of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable or to otherwise...

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

Eamon Ryan: ...In carrying out this review, it is vital that we support the projects that have been awarded contracts under the existing mechanism and that planned capacity auctions proceed. With regard to medium- to long-term energy security, the Department is carrying out a review of the energy security of Ireland's gas and electricity systems in the period out to 2030, in the context of reaching...

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

Cormac Devlin: How has that fallen on deaf ears for so long? I can come back in a second round of questioning.

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

Eamon Ryan: ...issues with either gas or electricity supply and the UK Government is fully prepared for any scenario, even those that are extreme and very unlikely to occur. The spokesperson indicated there are long-established co-operation mechanisms with Ireland that would ensure gas supply to Ireland in the event of any emergency. We cannot rule out anything and the report to be published in the...

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

...mentioned that we began that review of the CRM in December of last year. I will not go into that in much more detail. We amended those shorter term auctions, the T3 and T4, to look at that longer term review and enhancement of signals, notwithstanding that we had tactically looked at changing some of those signals in those shorter term auctions. We are thinking and acting in the short...

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

Alan Farrell: The question was on competing demands that the stakeholders have with trying to ensure that the lights are kept on and there are new connections and planning for the medium and long term with EirGrid's resources.

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

Eamon Ryan: ...is us not being held to ransom by a distant country but, rather, relying on our own power. We do have a comparative competitive advantage. Going back to what Senator Boylan said, in the long term we will have a real competitive advantage in renewables because Ireland is a windier country than most and has a relatively small population, a large land area and an even greater territorial...

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

Richard Bruton: ...an affordable price". The price crisis the Minister has outlined is important to this discussion. I thank those in the room for their commitment and passion, working under intense pressure for a long time in a very different situation from the central prediction of where we would be in trying to plan our energy. The war, the heatwave and Covid have been significant. I acknowledge the...

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

Eamon Ryan: ...real benefit from it. The idea we could have good data and electronic management so that devices are easily programmed is one of the other system changes coming out of this that could have huge long-term as well as immediate benefits. There are two pieces of legislation that are centre stage. The European Union is in the middle of its legislative process with the energy efficiency...

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

...130 of which shows up. It is not acceptable. We need to get them up to 80 or 90% or tear up their contracts and have an alternative contract framework. They have got away with this for too long. They are either in the mix and will help us or they are not. They cannot be half in and half out. Those are my suggestions. Thank you for the opportunity.

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

Dr. Liam Ryan: There is definitely an opportunity around hydrogen from a flexibility onto the grid perspective. At times when we have an excess of generation over demand, hydrogen can be used for long-term storage. In reconstituting that back into conventional generators, it can offset the current fossil fuels they run on. It gives us double flexibility, which is something we need on the...

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

Alice-Mary Higgins: ...being free to make energy policy. The Minister said we have to follow through on the commitments we have made, but more hostages to fortune are being given in more data centre connections and more long-term projects in relation to gas, for example. I would like a written note on the Energy Charter Treaty, the potential exit from it and the potential implications of the contracts we are...

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

Pauline O'Reilly: .... Ports are part of the infrastructure required. We are to have 5 GW offshore now and 7 GW by 2030. We have the potential for between 70 and 80 GW off our shores. Ports require investment a long time in advance of when they have to deliver the blades. We are reliant on them.