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Ireland s power revolution: The electricity grid

Public support needed for electric dreams to come true Updated / Friday, 5 Mar 2021 12:27 Increasing use of electric cars is one of the reasons why demand for power will rise in the coming years Economics Correspondent On a cold bright blue day, the turbine rotors on Bord na Móna s windfarm at Mount Lucas in Co Offaly cut through the wind with a whoop. I was there to meet the CEO of Wind Energy Ireland, David Connolly, the industry group that represents windfarm operators.   The organisation published a report late last year which warned that the industry was dangerously short of time if the Climate Action Plan targets for renewable energy are to be reached.  

Breakingviews - Data centres will become green activists target

Breakingviews 3 Min Read RJ45 cables are pictured inside the data centre operated by French telecoms operator Iliad in Paris, France, March 4, 2019. HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - Technology firms are due a green shake-up. Data centres and networks each use around 1% of the world’s electricity, according to the International Energy Agency – more, for now, than electric vehicles. That could hit double-digits by 2030, making related emissions a problem. The infrastructure behind video conferencing and binge-watching “The Crown” on Netflix comprises mainly two parts: buildings that house tens of thousands of servers and the networks that connect servers to smartphones, PCs and other devices. Both require huge amounts of electricity. Data centres use roughly 200 terawatt-hours a year, according to a 2018 study led by Eric Masanet, an engineer at Northwestern University in the United States. That’s in the same ballpark as Australia’s annual consumption.

Power hungry data centres will need a big chunk of future energy generation

Last week the British Embassy in Dublin, hosted a seminar on British/Irish co-operation in the development of offshore renewable energy. Ironically, it came in the same week the British government was signalling that it might send in Royal Navy gunboats to protect its fishing waters if there was no Brexit trade deal. The British government has big plans for the development of offshore wind energy and co-operation with its nearest westerly neighbour makes perfect sense. About 130km off the East coast of England, the giant Dogger Bank wind farm is being built. It will be the biggest in the world and power six million British homes.

Amazon data centre to heat Dublin homes and offices

Dublin Correspondent A scheme to provide heating to homes and offices from an Amazon data centre in Tallaght has been announced by South Dublin County Council. The council has set up Heatworks, the country s first publicly owned not-for-profit energy company, to provide low carbon heat from the data centre situated on the site of the old Jacob s Biscuits factory. Amazon Web Service will pipe excess heat free of charge beginning with council offices and the Tallaght campus of the Technology University Dublin next year. It will also supply commercial premises and housing developments beginning with 135 affordable apartment units. The system will be installed and operated by the Finnish company Fortum and the costs to customers will be similar to gas heating.

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