@brian276.bsky.social
Reposted
Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 62% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 86% at 06:15. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 28% of demand. 1% of generation was exported, 13% of demand was met by imports.
December 20, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 62% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 86% at 06:15. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 28% of demand. 1% of generation was exported, 13% of demand was met by imports.
Hopefully the data centres approved in the future will use sustainable options to back up their power #IrishEnergyTransition
New data centres must generate and supply electricity to wider market, regulator rules
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
New data centres must generate and supply electricity to wider market, regulator rules
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
New data centres must generate and supply electricity to wider market, regulator rules
Decision follows CRU’s review of grid connection rules for large energy users
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Hopefully the data centres approved in the future will use sustainable options to back up their power #IrishEnergyTransition
New data centres must generate and supply electricity to wider market, regulator rules
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
New data centres must generate and supply electricity to wider market, regulator rules
www.irishtimes.com/business/202...
Reposted
"Hug a pylon" was the headline in the Economist a few months back, but as Dublin's Luas breakdown shows us, power systems are vulnerable. Good to see the European Commission launch a grids plan to upgrade our electricity infrastructure. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
December 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"Hug a pylon" was the headline in the Economist a few months back, but as Dublin's Luas breakdown shows us, power systems are vulnerable. Good to see the European Commission launch a grids plan to upgrade our electricity infrastructure. ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Reposted
90% of habitats in poor condition - yet #Irish Government welcoming an extension of the nitrates derogation as "a good day" www.rte.ie/news/environ... #Spéirghorm -
90% of Ireland's habitats deemed in poor condition
A new report has found that 90% of Ireland's EU-protected habitats are in 'unfavourable' conservation status, with 51% showing deteriorating trends across their national ranges.
www.rte.ie
December 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
90% of habitats in poor condition - yet #Irish Government welcoming an extension of the nitrates derogation as "a good day" www.rte.ie/news/environ... #Spéirghorm -
Reposted
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is trying to silence Budapest's Mayor, supporter of LGBTQI+ rights. We stand with Gergely Karácsony europeangreens.eu/news/hungari...
Hungarian police requesting charges against Green Mayor of Budapest for supporting Pride entrenches Orbán regime’s authoritarianism
European Greens bring together national parties that share the same Green values, and who are active across the entire European continent - both within the European Union and beyond. We are striving f...
europeangreens.eu
December 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is trying to silence Budapest's Mayor, supporter of LGBTQI+ rights. We stand with Gergely Karácsony europeangreens.eu/news/hungari...
Reposted
Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 48% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 95% at 03:45. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 41% of demand. 5% of generation was exported, 15% of demand was met by imports.
December 12, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 48% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 95% at 03:45. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 41% of demand. 5% of generation was exported, 15% of demand was met by imports.
Reposted
Additional Bus Services Announced
Transport for Ireland (TFI) has confirmed plans for extra daily departures on the 120X service (Clane–Dublin via the M4, bypassing Celbridge) starting 10 January. These enhancements aim to reduce journey times and better accommodate growing commuter demand.
Transport for Ireland (TFI) has confirmed plans for extra daily departures on the 120X service (Clane–Dublin via the M4, bypassing Celbridge) starting 10 January. These enhancements aim to reduce journey times and better accommodate growing commuter demand.
December 12, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Additional Bus Services Announced
Transport for Ireland (TFI) has confirmed plans for extra daily departures on the 120X service (Clane–Dublin via the M4, bypassing Celbridge) starting 10 January. These enhancements aim to reduce journey times and better accommodate growing commuter demand.
Transport for Ireland (TFI) has confirmed plans for extra daily departures on the 120X service (Clane–Dublin via the M4, bypassing Celbridge) starting 10 January. These enhancements aim to reduce journey times and better accommodate growing commuter demand.
Reposted
Having a very democratic birthday today, participating at the @greens-efa.eu Parliamentary Leaders meeting in Brussels 😉
On the agenda;
🔙EU Deregulation Wave
📱Social Media Algorithms
🐮Mercosur
🇵🇸Gaza
On the agenda;
🔙EU Deregulation Wave
📱Social Media Algorithms
🐮Mercosur
🇵🇸Gaza
December 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Having a very democratic birthday today, participating at the @greens-efa.eu Parliamentary Leaders meeting in Brussels 😉
On the agenda;
🔙EU Deregulation Wave
📱Social Media Algorithms
🐮Mercosur
🇵🇸Gaza
On the agenda;
🔙EU Deregulation Wave
📱Social Media Algorithms
🐮Mercosur
🇵🇸Gaza
If data centres facilitated this kind of flexibility in Ireland it would change the paradigm for the #IrishEnergyTransition
youtube.com/shorts/kNJkG...
youtube.com/shorts/kNJkG...
Cat®AMP: The One Hour That's Worth $250,000
YouTube video by Undecided with Matt Ferrell
youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:12 AM
If data centres facilitated this kind of flexibility in Ireland it would change the paradigm for the #IrishEnergyTransition
youtube.com/shorts/kNJkG...
youtube.com/shorts/kNJkG...
Reposted
Calling this something farmers will “enjoy” is absurd. Corporate interests get the profits, and the environmental damage gets dumped on everyone else.
This is an unforgivable breach of the social contract between the Irish Government and the Irish people.
This is an unforgivable breach of the social contract between the Irish Government and the Irish people.
Irish farmers’ nitrates derogation extended by EU for further three years
Extension of exemption follows extensive lobbying by Government in Brussels
www.irishtimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Calling this something farmers will “enjoy” is absurd. Corporate interests get the profits, and the environmental damage gets dumped on everyone else.
This is an unforgivable breach of the social contract between the Irish Government and the Irish people.
This is an unforgivable breach of the social contract between the Irish Government and the Irish people.
Reposted
When dirty politics meets dirty money, the public interest is the real loser, and nowhere is this clearer than in extending the licence to pollute, aka the nitrates derogation.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Irish farmers’ nitrates derogation extended by EU for further three years
Extension of exemption follows extensive lobbying by Government in Brussels
www.irishtimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
When dirty politics meets dirty money, the public interest is the real loser, and nowhere is this clearer than in extending the licence to pollute, aka the nitrates derogation.
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
Climate change you can him along to- youtube.com/shorts/NpIq-...
Mr. Oil Man, start your machines
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Climate change you can him along to- youtube.com/shorts/NpIq-...
Reposted
Recent changes to scheduling and dispatch for batteries on the grid have had an immediate effect 🔋
Read all about it in November's "Irish Grid Monthly", now freely available. Newsletter subscribers receive it every month on the first; sign-up for free today!
www.greencollective.io/post/monthly...
Read all about it in November's "Irish Grid Monthly", now freely available. Newsletter subscribers receive it every month on the first; sign-up for free today!
www.greencollective.io/post/monthly...
Irish Grid Monthly: November 2025
www.greencollective.io
December 8, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Recent changes to scheduling and dispatch for batteries on the grid have had an immediate effect 🔋
Read all about it in November's "Irish Grid Monthly", now freely available. Newsletter subscribers receive it every month on the first; sign-up for free today!
www.greencollective.io/post/monthly...
Read all about it in November's "Irish Grid Monthly", now freely available. Newsletter subscribers receive it every month on the first; sign-up for free today!
www.greencollective.io/post/monthly...
Reposted
Advisers concerned by lack of funding commitment for nature restoration plan
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Advisers concerned by lack of funding commitment for nature restoration plan
Plan is to be published in draft form for public consultation early next year
www.irishtimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Advisers concerned by lack of funding commitment for nature restoration plan
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Reposted
Meanwhile, in Galway, we've been talking *for decades* about how it might be nice to have a pedestrian/cycle bridge over the piers of the old railway line to Clifden, which was shut down in 1935.
bsky.app/profile/hack...
bsky.app/profile/hack...
De Snelbinder cycle bridge. Opened in 2004, attached to the side of an existing 1879 railway bridge, it runs for 2km linking Nijmegen to Lent by bike, alongside trains. Same crossing, different century. This is what decades of serious investment in cycling and sustainable urban planning looks like.
December 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Meanwhile, in Galway, we've been talking *for decades* about how it might be nice to have a pedestrian/cycle bridge over the piers of the old railway line to Clifden, which was shut down in 1935.
bsky.app/profile/hack...
bsky.app/profile/hack...
Reposted
High Court hears dispute over new Government apartment guidelines
Judge canvasses possibility of case being referred to European Court
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
Judge canvasses possibility of case being referred to European Court
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
High Court hears dispute over new Government apartment guidelines
Judge canvasses possibility of case being referred to European Court
www.irishtimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
High Court hears dispute over new Government apartment guidelines
Judge canvasses possibility of case being referred to European Court
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
Judge canvasses possibility of case being referred to European Court
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
“no state may claim its emissions are “too small to matter”
If Ireland's emissions are "too small to matter" then I might as well evade my taxes and eat doughnuts for lunch.
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
‘Too small to matter’ is the laziest-possible excuse in climate debate
At a time of crisis, co-operation is the only way to resolve the climate collective-action problem
www.irishtimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
“no state may claim its emissions are “too small to matter”
Reposted
And it's out! Subscriber-only for now, so sign-up for free to be among the first to read about what happened during November.
A new month and, as usual, we're hard at work on the latest issue of "Irish Grid Monthly". *Plenty* happening on the grid during November, particularly in storage. Sign-up now for free and receive it later today! 📩
currents.greencollective.io#/portal/signup
currents.greencollective.io#/portal/signup
Currents by Green Collective
A newsletter from Green Collective with monthly and ad-hoc reporting on renewables and the Irish electricity grid.
currents.greencollective.io
December 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
And it's out! Subscriber-only for now, so sign-up for free to be among the first to read about what happened during November.
Reposted
Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 43% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 75% at 19:45. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 43% of demand. 2% of generation was exported, 16% of demand was met by imports.
December 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 43% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 75% at 19:45. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 43% of demand. 2% of generation was exported, 16% of demand was met by imports.
Reposted
Well done renewables but not at all unusual, especially for November -- we had a couple of 70%+ days this week.
bsky.app/profile/gree...
bsky.app/profile/gree...
Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 75% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 86% at 04:15. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 29% of demand. 5% of generation was exported, 1% of demand was met by imports.
November 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Well done renewables but not at all unusual, especially for November -- we had a couple of 70%+ days this week.
bsky.app/profile/gree...
bsky.app/profile/gree...
Reposted
Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 32% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 44% at 14:15. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 44% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 24% of demand was met by imports.
November 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Renewable generation and discharging storage equalled 32% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 44% at 14:15. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 44% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 24% of demand was met by imports.
Reposted
Oireachtas committee calls for greater powers for bodies like Inland Fisheries Ireland, encourages EPA to revoke discharge licences for persistent non-compliance, & sampling mandated to happen within 24 hours of any reported fish kill
#waterpollution
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
#waterpollution
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
Oireachtas committee calls for tougher penalties after major Blackwater fish kill in Cork
An Oireachtas committee recommends stronger enforcement powers, rapid response protocols and tougher penalties following Ireland’s largest recorded fish kill
www.irishexaminer.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Oireachtas committee calls for greater powers for bodies like Inland Fisheries Ireland, encourages EPA to revoke discharge licences for persistent non-compliance, & sampling mandated to happen within 24 hours of any reported fish kill
#waterpollution
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
#waterpollution
www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...
Reposted
The discovery of a Flapper Skate egg on Bray seafront is another reminder that all is not lost. Even the Irish Sea has the capacity to recover if given a fighting chance.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
An extraordinary find in the Irish Sea left experts gobsmacked
Ella McSweeney: Is a once-common species returning to the Irish Sea thanks to overspill from marine protected areas elsewhere?
www.irishtimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The discovery of a Flapper Skate egg on Bray seafront is another reminder that all is not lost. Even the Irish Sea has the capacity to recover if given a fighting chance.
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Reposted
Dairy plant suspends production after further pollution incident in Cork river
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Dairy plant suspends production after further pollution incident in Cork river
Repeated problems at North Cork Creameries came to light during investigation into Blackwater fish kill
www.irishtimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Dairy plant suspends production after further pollution incident in Cork river
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...