Ossian Smyth (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I just want to say something about the storage we have in Ireland at the moment. The Senator will be familiar with Turlough Hill. In total, in Ireland, we have 792 MW of storage. Of that, 500 MW is from battery. Therefore, we already have some battery storage in use. Those batteries have an average duration of less than one hour providing system services.

In addition to that, there is the 292 MW of pump storage at Turlough Hill, which provides system services to the grid and helps to balance the electricity supply and demand. Based on current activity, the system operator tells us that by 2026, it expects to have an additional 400 MW of batteries to provide further capacity and storage to the all-island power system.

I expect that the consultation will probably start within the next 30 days. That is something for the Senator to look forward to.