"Green" policies are destroying this country

In work we deal with a particular country where this is endemic and the amount of absolute chaos this causes is unreal. Stuff breaking all the time because the aircon fails, the hardware fails , all round **** show, coming to the emerald isle soon..

Isn’t it brilliant dacor.

Id say you are delighted with the thoughts of extended blackouts.

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On reflection that’s unfair.

No one wants blackouts

There is an economic problem to consumers and energy providers to consider as well. Some of the data centres have got permission for direct lines from wind and solar generators, so they are ahead of the curve and can fall back to their own generators to make up the shortfall. The problem for the rest of us is the increased load on the grid anticipated with increased roll-out of heat pumps, and electric vehicles combined together with the closure of anreserve generating power. The price of an increasingly scarce commodity will keep rising. Imagine if you will, a situation where 20% of a providers customers cannot pay their bill after a Winter season, some of those energy providers will go bust. To manage this situation the government will allow the energy companies to use the smart meters and put those who cannot pay on pay-go systems.

"There is a lot of work going on in all areas of renewables and what you see in 2022 will very likely be different, even in 2025."

Nobody's going to upend the basic laws of thermodynamics in the next three years. Grid-scale energy storage is not coming in the next twenty years. If the Greens weren't swivel-eyed zealots and actually cared about protecting our energy infrastructure, they'd be investigating radical new breakthroughs like the Allam Cycle which allows hydrocarbons to be burned economically with 100% CO2 capture.

The South Koreans build them in 10 years, when they have major delays.

"The two reactors at Shin Hanul, however, suffered from various delays and it has taken ten years (from ground breaking, in May 2012) for Shin Hanul 1 to become operational. The original plan had been for it to enter service in April 2017."

Given they now have experience building quite a few of the APR1400 model, including those at Barakah in the UAE, their original goal of 5 years may well be achievable.

Of the 441 nuclear reactors in operation, 374 - or 85% of them - were built in 10 years or less. 18 reactors were built in 3 years, which is the time scale of offshore wind farm projects.

The more I read this thread the more it makes sense to have nuclear plants providing electricity in Ireland.

We don't need millions of tonnes of batteries

We don't need 10 days of 100% backup either.

Wind, Solar, Interconnectors, hydrogen, biogas, Geothermal, Hydro and some storage.

A big interconnected grid is very resilient and requires nowhere near the levels of storage you talk about.

Ireland couldn't do it alone and have energy security, but the same can be said about any other electricity/energy source you care to talk about. Lots of studies have shown 100% renewable by 2050 is feasible.

Nuclear isn't required but existing nuclear will help reduce emissions during the transition period

https://innovationorigins.com/en/researchers-agree-the-world-can-reach-a-100-renewable-energy-system-by-or-before-2050/

Here's a synopsis on research on 100% renewable

from here

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9837910

Lithium Ion is being replaced with LFP (LiFePO4) in many applications (including some Tesla car batteries).

1. It's cheaper and uses less rare and expensive elements

2. It's safer. Much reduced risk of fires

3. Supply chain is less tarnished by ethical problems around nickel and Cobalt.

4. Much longer life span

LFP will be replaced by Sodium Ion batteries for utilities where weight is not an issue. Sodium Ion batteries are real working tech today and cost 30%-50% less than LFP batteries and have a higher energy density and use the more abundant Sodium instead of Lithium

Australia have piloted flow batteries and they were so successful that they've ordered enough to support the construction of mass production facilities

Can you formulate that as a sensible question please?

I've given you the link that explains the technology that is being 'ramped up'

If you think it's worse than what we have now then please explain why

Lol

So is literally everything

Have you seen oil refineries or nuclear spent fuel facilities? Iron is not anywhere as toxic as what we already have and we know how to manage it

Great! Lots of research papers and tech that has barely made it off the laboratory bench. Historically, energy systems take a century to replace. What about the next ten years -- what specifically are we going to do in Ireland, and what will it cost? This whole thing has the semblance of a giant experiment with people's livelihoods at stake. You know this country's track record with infrastructure projects, even ones that don't involve large doses of hopium. I've no objection to a sensibly thought out energy transition. I do object to being a rat trapped in Eamon Ryan's maze. I wouldn't trust him as far as I could kick him.