Energy

State-owned gas facility will not breach climate targets – Ryan

Minister for the Environment told energy ministers that he would shortly publish an energy security review which would detail plans for a state-owned gas storage facility in Ireland

Minister Eamon Ryan said that a state-owned gas storage capacity would be available to Irish people in the event of any supply disruption, without breaching our climate plans or increasing emissions. Picture: RollingNews.ie

A state-owned gas storage facility will “be available to Irish people in the event of any supply disruption”, Eamon Ryan told a meeting of European energy ministers on Friday.

In a statement released following the emergency meeting in Brussels to discuss energy security across Europe, the Department of Environment said the Minister for the Environment, Climate, Communications and Transport had also supported proposals by the European Commission to capture excess profits from energy companies and ...