Energy infrastructure

Foreigners do have these odd ideas about Ireland.

Take Apple: they threatened retrenchments if they couldn't build that DC in Galway. They've grown their presence here since we refused them permission to do so. Same story with corporation tax. The big multinationals now pay 15%, and they're still here, still increasing headcount... despite years of "they're only there because of the corporation tax" bollocks from commenters abroad.

Why is nobody flocking to Hungary with its super-low corporation tax and even cheaper energy…? Could it be that these are not essentials?

You're the one who raised the idiotic scenario of being blackmailed by some evil multinational. It's a fantastical, conspiracy-based argument that betrays a near complete ignorance of how things operate in this country… or any country, really.

what are you waffling about. Maybe just stick to things in Germany that affect you

If the heat is so dissipated around the data centre that it can't be plumbed to extract heat what purpose does the aircon serve?

Are we talking about data centres? Many new ones seem to be doing their own power generation now, using peaker plant equipment, interestingly enough. I would see a future where excess grid green energy could be sent to the data centres, and their peakers could be available to feed in to the grid. Right now they're just running the peaker equipment 24/7 really.

Basically it looks like data centres might be getting into the power generation (supplier) game by the back door.

I'm not in favour of data centres generally, but if we must have them in Ireland then this sounds like a good way forward.

We have excess renewable energy at many periods throughout the year. Over the course of a whole year, we do not have enough renewable energy to meet our needs.

Both of these statements are 100% true. That isn't an opinion, it is a fact.

Welcome silvertimelinings, our brand-new member who manages to write in the same style as our recently-banned member, gossamerfabric…

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I think you're right about "baked in " high energy costs - a lot to do with "baked in " high construction and development costs

The equipment is all bought overseas and imported - , so that's more or less the same cost wherever you go..

But a team of engineers based in cork ,working on developing a wind farms can pretty much work on a development anywhere in Europe -

If the development costs in Ireland are too high and there's work overseas they can and will work on that .. maybe someone in power should look at why development costs are high - and what can be altered while still having protection against unfettered development..