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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I argue that we should stop the use of peat in electricity production today. We are to wind down its use by 2030. We will not have any peat left by 2030. My understanding is that what is proposed involves using up what is left. We had a meeting at the national economic climate dialogue, at which it was stated that in meeting the national objectives that would save us energy - I refer to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Mr. Martin Finucane: To clarify for Deputy Eamon Ryan, it is certainly not our intention to increase the amount of emissions or the use of peat in our system. By 2025 we will be out of coal. Before 2030 we will be out of peat. These two measures on their own will have the effect of halving the overall level of emissions. In increasing the electrification of transport, particularly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I understand that the EPA analysis is that the additional measures will increase our emissions because of the ongoing use of peat-fired power stations. Is that not correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We would have a new interconnector with France and could and should have another with the United Kingdom. The supply of power would pretty much match exactly the power we would lose from the peat and coal fired power stations. The gas fired stations are under-utilised and not profitable. We have a large fleet of modern CCGT to match our renewables. We could run the country tomorrow with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Mr. Martin Finucane: It is part of the transition in the electricity system. In pulling Moneypoint and the three peat fired stations out of the system approximately 1.2 GW or so of dispatchable power will come off the system. In the same time period, over the decade, there will probably be a number of older gas fired plants retired from the system. The Deputy mentioned the DS3 programme....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Eamon Ryan: ...are to mean anything, surely it should be a reduction rather than an ever increasing demand in gas supply. My third point is a specific criticism, which I cited at our last meeting and will repeat now. If the Department's policy is based on the UCC modelling, I fundamentally disagree with those assumptions but that is not an argument to maintain exploration. I have said this to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

...will most likely be used for aviation, marine and heavy goods transportation and petrochemicals in the longer term. In addition, gas will be used to produce cleaner electricity, first by replacing peat and coal and later in combination with carbon capture and storage. UCC's MaREI’s energy policy and modelling team is the only research team nationally that has developed scenarios...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

...gas is the cleanest fossil fuel and should not be seen in the same light as coal, oil and liquified petroleum gas, LPG. As such, we strongly advocate the continued replacement of more heavily polluting fuels, such as coal, peat and oil, with natural gas to help lower Ireland’s emissions. Natural gas has proven to be an essential enabler for renewable energy. While Ireland has...