April 12, 2021 5:59 pm
Irish Rural Link is hosting a series of consultation workshops on EirGrid’s Shaping Our Electricity Future strategy.
Last month, EirGrid and Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan launched a nationwide consultation on the future of Ireland’s electricity system.
They are asking anyone interested in Ireland’s energy future to consider the approaches outlined in Shaping Our Electricity Future and provide feedback.
“Climate change is one of the starkest challenges we face and Ireland is currently lagging far behind on our emissions targets,” the minister said.
In the coming decades we will be electrifying large parts of our economy, including our heating and transport systems, so building a grid that can handle a high level of renewables will be critical to our success.