Saving Power: 70by30 Implementation Plan

The Irish Government’s Climate Action Plan, which was launched in June 2019, has set an ambitious target of 70% renewable electricity for Ireland by 2030 (70by30). The majority of this target will be met by significant increases in onshore wind, almost doubling our existing capacity, and the rapid development of our nascent offshore wind energy sector.

This will bring about significant challenges that must be addressed if we are to deliver this renewable electricity in the most efficient and cost-effective manner within the 2030 timeframe.

Increased deployment of onshore wind and the planned development of new solar farms and offshore wind farms will create greater challenges in integrating renewable electricity. Already wind farms are being dispatched down - instructed to reduce the amount of power they generate – because the system is unable to cope with the large volumes of clean power available.

Saving Power is part of Green Tech/IWEA’s ‘Delivering 70by30’ programme of work and will focus on the ability of the Irish power system to accommodate increasing renewables in the most efficient manner.

The workshop will analyse the ability of the system to accommodate the significant volumes of renewables needed for 2030 in terms of potential dispatch down (constraint and curtailment levels). We will then examine the measures needed to minimise levels of dispatch down and maximise the use of renewable energy on the Irish system, such as DS3, increased interconnection and grid capacity.

The workshop will consist of a 30-minute presentation by Noel Cunniffe, Head of Policy at IWEA, summarising the key challenges and recommendations to minimise dispatch down. This will be followed by a 90-minute panel discussion and Q&A session with participants.

To see the recording from the Webinar please click on the picture below:

To access the speaker's presentations please click here