Energy

Improved energy storage could cut 1 million tonnes of carbon emissions a year, report says

Industry critical of slow pace of change towards energy storage

Bobby Smith, head of Energy Storage Ireland, with Eamon Ryan, Minister for the Environment, at the Energy Storage Ireland Annual Conference where a new report, Game Changer, was launched. Picture: Conor McCabe

Greater use of energy storage could cut Ireland’s annual carbon emissions by more than 1 million tonnes and reduce annual electricity bills by more than €85 million, according to a new report.

The report, Game Changer, by Energy Storage Ireland, an offshoot of Wind Energy Ireland, has found that greater use of energy storage, via the likes of batteries and hydrogen storage, could result in savings, benefits for Ireland’s electricity emissions, and provide a work ...