Ukraine crisis could suit Ireland ...?

Markcheese

The eu is going to hold an energy summit in Brussels at the same time as G7 summit (was going to be g8 in socchi) .... The big agenda being getting away from dependence on Russian gas...
I assume they'll be pushing and incentivizing energy projects...
So does having wind turbine projects,LNG plant in Shannon,gas storage plant in the ballycotton field as well as biomass projects all planned and ready to submit give us an advantage ... Yes we're small and at the end of the line but energy security is energy security plus the interconnectors are two way and (some) already built ...

Banjoxed

Markcheese wrote: »

The eu is going to hold an energy summit in Brussels at the same time as G7 summit (was going to be g8 in socchi) .... The big agenda being getting away from dependence on Russian gas...
I assume they'll be pushing and incentivizing energy projects...
So does having wind turbine projects,LNG plant in Shannon,gas storage plant in the ballycotton field as well as biomass projects all planned and ready to submit give us an advantage ... Yes we're small and at the end of the line but energy security is energy security plus the interconnectors are two way and (some) already built ...

Doing a quick Google comes up with the following stats about Irish energy consumption.

http://knoema.com/atlas/embed/Ireland/Fossil-fuel-energy-consumption

So, 84.7% of what we consume in energy is through fossil fuels. Other sources are barely a pee in a bucket in comparison. Unless biomass fuels and wind/wave sourced electricity start fuelling private cars any time soon, and a paradigm shift to public transport happens, we will remain the Little America of Western Europe.

Victor

Fuel mix is already changing. For electricity generation: http://www.eirgrid.com/operations/systemperformancedata/all-islandwindandfuelmixreport/

Short of war in Ukraine, which nobody can afford to go on for long, we can't change our fuel mix quick enough.

Ren2k7

Interesting proposal by Polish PM Donald Tusk calling for an EU energy union:

https://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CFkQFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ft.com%2Fcms%2Fs%2F0%2F91508464-c661-11e3-ba0e-00144feabdc0.html&ei=v2xWU9CgH8nF7AaqgoGQDw&usg=AFQjCNHHVpko0HvZimIIaygJ7txERBvigg&sig2=iEhtXlNEooR7eJV2eg6AmA&bvm=bv.65177938,d.ZGU