"Green" policies are destroying this country

In the Committee hearing the regulator was asked if the Commission had contacted us in relation to this matter and she said no. If the commission haven't even enquired about it then its a non issue as they do not think the UK are at all likely to cut off Irelands gas supply

I have no idea what off shore project managers believe, but I`ve told you that as far as Energy Ireland for them if they can get their ducks in a row they say 6 years. I have also pointed out that Phase 2 of Arklow bank is now delayed by 3 years due to a new consenting regime so I would imagine with murmurings from fishermen and wildlife conservationists their is a high possibility of the same being required of other proposed wins farms.

I would have thought the prioritising of an LNG terminal was obvious on two levels. One it would be operational much sooner than the off-shore wind farms, and two we need LNG same as we need natural gas now. To fill in for the unreliability of wind. Wind is not going to be 100% reliable off-shore, whereas LNG is basically the throwing of a switch.

Time is relevant. The E.U. could notify us in the morning that we are not in compliance and start the clock on daily fines. Not being worried is much the same as not being worried about a secure energy source. Crossed fingers and hope for the best.

LOL. Those fines for missing renewable targets are on par for the E.U. policy on electricity charges using marginal pricing. Take the money of those that are not doing well and give it to those that are doing well and keep widening the gap.

Right so you just admitted you have no idea about how long it takes to build an offshore wind farm, but you're certain that an LNG terminal could be built way faster.

With normal Planning an LNG terminal takes at least 4 years in Ireland. Offshore Wind turbines come online from 2026 not to mention the dolar and onshore wind and interconnector to France. Plus we have a secure gas supply for all this time. Your entire argument is hinged on your alarmist opinion that the UK will become like Russia and openly engage in resource wars with the EU.

It's a complete red herring. We need to accelerate renewable infrastructure if only to stay competitive and position ourselves for the coming decades

You are not living in the real world, you live in the version of the real world promoted by the oil and gas industry

Whats with the poor effort at attempting to be humorous by replying to a post to another poster when I have already said to you that the E.U. could inform us in the morning that we are not in compliance and start the clock on daily fines ?

Is it because I found it funny that the E.U policy of fines on missing renewable targets and then giving those fines to those that hit their targets was doing nothing much other than widening the gap and was pretty much on par with their marginal pricing policy ?

Neither me, you, or the people next door knows what the E.U. will do about none compliance to a directive. Especially one where they are attempting to plug the gap of Russian gas with LNG and our wooden-tops are trying to ban it. They have not been exactly ignoring any of our commitment failures in the past when it came to slapping on the fines either.

No matter what metric you wish to choose, we are not going to reach 100% dependable renewable energy in the morning. It will take time and a transitional energy source. For us that is gas, and even if we were in compliance, attempting to ban LNG, which is an E.U. recognised transitional source, if it wasn`t so insane it would be laughable.

lng is dead in ireland, it's not going to happen, it is not reliable and it is not secure.

mean green lean cheap reliable efficient modern renewables are the future and are what we are getting.

Juat reading back over a few of posts here by the greenies and you have to laugh at the idea where we all live in a fantastic future where all our energy is from renewables.... What drugs are ye smoking?, FACT is we will still be using gas here and in the rest of the world in 20,30 years and thats in a best case scenario so we should be securing that future through more exploration and lng. Sure renewables have a part to play but as far as i can make out all the greens are happy to get their electricity through interconnects and ye dont give a **** what they burn to make it once its not in your back yard. Hypocrites of the highest order.

To be be fair DaCor you and broken rabbiting on and making some unsubstantiated allegations against the company responsible for the Barryroe oil and gas field don't amount to a hill of beans.

Your own ramblings on that subject have already been blown out of the water by any number of posters in this thread. Trying to pretend otherwise would be a bit like a kid in a creche having a tantrum tbf

lng is dead, gas exploration in ireland seems to be unviable and renewables will be our energy source.

that's not my opinion, that is the strategy we have been told and whether the greens are re-elected or not won't change the reality of what is going to happen.

"Thats not my opinion"

Incorrect. That is "your opinion" only.

But who is this entity who has told you of this bizarre "strategy" that LNG is "dead" and natural gas exploration is "unviable"?

LNG already plays an important part of the EUs energy security policy and will continue to do do so for the foreseeable future

Thing is you also mention the green party. Even their energy policy details that natural gas is needed for the move to renewable energy generation and beyond. Even if they haven't quite figured how to do that yet.

As for Natural gas exploration - That is continuing apace across Europe and with rising gas prices and the need for secure sources of natural gas - our untapped gas reserves are now more viable than ever. Pity some greens seem to have their heads firmly stuck in the sand about that and seem to want to ignore the reality of the current situation with regard to keeping the lights on.

The Russian situation has accelerated the planned rollout of renewables to replace gas infrastructure

This was always about investment.

"Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, Frans Timmermans said: “It is time we tackle our vulnerabilities and rapidly become more independent in our energy choices. Let's dash into renewable energy at lightning speed. Renewables are a cheap, clean, and potentially endless source of energy and instead of funding the fossil fuel industry elsewhere, they create jobs here. Putin's war in Ukraine demonstrates the urgency of accelerating our clean energy transition.”

"Full implementation of the Commission's ‘Fit for 55' proposals would already reduce our annual fossil gas consumption by 30%, equivalent to 100 billion cubic metres (bcm), by 2030. With the measures in the REPowerEU plan, we could gradually remove at least 155 bcm of fossil gas use, which is equivalent to the volume imported from Russia in 2021. Nearly two thirds of that reduction can be achieved within a year, ending the EU's overdependence on a single supplier."

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_22_1511

The EU commission plan is to decrease Gas use in Europe. The LNG plants are purely to allow them to become independent of the Russian gas pipelines. Ireland are not importing gas from Russia, therefore LNG plants are not required for Ireland.

it's not my opinion, it's the reality. the green party aren't ignoring anything hence they are, along with the rest of the political parties here implementing a strategy to move away from foscel fuels.

we don't have any untapped gas reserves that are viable to explore.