Data Centres Amazon, Microsoft seek licences to power data centres with fossil fuels amid energy supply warnings Big Tech firms applied to the Environmental Protection Agency for permission to operate diesel generators in case they are cut off from the power grid in an emergency scenario
Energy Crisis Energy regulator decision scuppers 60% of planned gas plants Single Energy Market committee rejected proposals to give more flexibility to capacity contracts if projects are held up by third-party delays
Energy Lorcan Allen: After a late start, Ireland finally turns its face to the sun Statkraft, the Norwegian energy giant is building one of Ireland’s biggest solar farms at Ballymacarney on the Dublin-Meath border. But is the country ready to take full advantage of the benefits of solar power?
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Climate & Environment John Walsh: Somebody needs to take charge to keep the lights onUltimately no one is legally on the hook for the parlous state of Ireland’s energy system. It is time the government acted before our options run out
Energy Soaring inflation puts ‘vital’ new gas-fired power plants at risk Developers call on regulator to index-link payments with inflation while Eirgrid warns that the highest risk of blackouts is expected to occur between early January and mid-February
Energy Crisis Leo Varadkar: Electricity at data centres would be cut off before householdsEirgrid has said there are serious issues with Ireland’s energy supply
Energy Major Kerry power station knocked out until next year as Ireland’s energy deficit worsensEirgrid said there has been a significant deterioration in Ireland’s power system adequacy since last year
Energy ESB will act like a monopoly until watchdog and Eirgrid act – CowenFianna Fáil TD’s comment comes after the ESB was reprimanded by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) and ordered to repay more than €760,500 after overcharging customers
Energy Crisis Regulator drops plans to introduce €100m of new charges on energy-intensive firmsThe Commission for the Regulation of Utilities has decided not to introduce a suite of tariffs that would have affected about 2,000 energy-intensive firms
Energy Crisis Firms baulk at ‘worrying’ number of calls to cut power supplyCompanies on demand-response contracts have seen calls to disconnect from grid soar this summer, when pressure on energy system should be lowest
Energy Crisis IDA issues warning over Ireland’s ‘expensive and high-risk’ energy systemThe state agency made the claim in an uncompromising submission to the energy regulator, while arguing that new plans to impose €100m emergency tariffs on large firms would undermine national competitiveness
Energy Crisis Contracted gas generators drop out of market, worsening projected power shortageIt comes as six data centres with a maximum power requirement of 677MW are to be connected to the electricity transmission grid this year
Energy Crisis Sparks fly as EirGrid and CRU play the power blame gameThe heads of the electricity grid operator and the energy regulator last week traded criticisms in Leinster House before an audience of deeply unimpressed politicians. Meanwhile, businesses scramble to draw up emergency plans to survive the winter
Energy Stand-off over power supply crisis shows just how bad the situation isInterventions being plotted to avoid the projected power deficit this winter go from bad to worse
Infrastructure Energy crisis: Minister admits that businesses are now under threatIbec warns that tariffs could ‘seriously undermine’ competitiveness, while SMEs call for emergency supports to tackle spiralling energy costs
Energy Eirgrid rebukes CRU over new energy supply report and says system ‘not fit for purpose’Grid operator issues strong statement following publication of report into Ireland’s electricity capacity
Business Post's View Eirgrid and CRU can’t hide behind data centre excuses for everThe two semi-state agencies charged with managing the national power system should now be having serious questions asked about their competency
Energy Government launches review of power supply crisis as cabinet anger growsMinisters ‘livid’ and ‘astounded’ that situation ‘has been allowed to get his bad’
Energy Cost inflation could scupper building of ‘vital’ power plants A number of gas-fired plants deemed critical by Eamon Ryan may not go ahead as energy firms hold out for better deal from state
