Two amber alerts issued by system operator since Saturday

The latest warnings of tight power supplies on the electricity network came after several power plants went offline for maintenance and technical reasons

Since the beginning of 2020, Semo has issued 11 system alerts for Ireland to warn of capacity shortages on the electricity grid, compared with just 13 alerts over the previous ten years.

Two amber alerts warning of a potential shortfall in electricity supply on the national power grid have been issued by the system operator in recent days.

The latest warnings of tight power supplies on the electricity network came after several power plants went offline for maintenance and technical reasons. The power grid is also under pressure from higher demand due to the recent cold weather and very low wind generation.

On Saturday morning, the Single ...