Energy
Opinion: Ireland’s energy system is fundamentally broken and needs a radical overhaul
An urgent overhaul of how the state incentivises new power plants is needed, writes the chief executive of the Electricity Association of Ireland
The Irish state has a problem. At the heart of our target to halve our overall carbon emissions by 2030 is a plan to massively decarbonise the country’s energy system.
Clean energy powering homes, small businesses, heavy industry and transport is absolutely vital to reducing Ireland’s carbon emissions by more than 50 per cent by the end of this decade.
However, continuously expanding electricity demand and the prospect of further system alerts on the power ...