"Green" policies are destroying this country

Are you a member? doesn't sound like it. In my humble opinion it is always best not to comment about something you have no knowledge of

Maybe you should explain what you think a "greens" is, maybe I am, maybe I am not.

Smart meter at the moment can push data every 30 mins to supplier. Maybe it is easier if you can explain why they can't update in more regular intervals?

The thing most posters seem to be missing is that you absolutely won't get public support for nuclear reactors in Ireland. And the likelihood of the public ever supporting a highly complex, decades long project to build two to three reactors is low. Like we couldn't come in on budget or on time for the children's hospital....

Ah well I been reading about the human race boiling alive for some time now so I think its pretty benig tbh

I would expect bandwidth is a consideration as they are using a consumer network, roll out and see how much bandwidth they need and then ramp it up. Bandwidth is not cheap in Ireland so it will come down to commercials once rollout is complete.

This is the point I have made and none of the pro nuclear people can answer. Nobody in Ireland will support it if the nuclear plant is beside them. Especially home owners who will have their expensive house suddenly become next to worthless overnight.

It's not just the build cost, a nuclear reactor is one of the most complex systems in the World and as I pointed out already a huge target for hackers etc. The cost of the cyber security would be eye watering, it's not like we have a great record in Ireland at that either.

It's just noise to be honest on all these threads. Pages and pages of noise of something that will never happen in our lifetime. Plus as I have mentioned, not one single party in Ireland is currently running based on nuclear. If the public actually wanted it one of them would have stood up and said it to get votes, but they won't because they know they will lose votes.

The data traffic would be absolutely tiny. Bandwidth would not be a major issue - coverage is the issue that would scupper it, some people cannot run smart meters because mobile coverage isn't universal.

A wind turbine is mostly recyclable so no wasted resources there. The pads and cabling can be rolled over when the turbine is upgraded. Your concerns are overblown at best since each upgrade cycle will be cheaper than the initial build out.

Yes small but when you have 1m+ devices on network which already has millions of devices running on it you can run into issues. I would hazard a guess once it is rolled out they can figure out what the actual overhead is and if they can change the times.

The number of devices without coverage is small to be honest and I expect they could be left on standard rates if wanted.

It's from Eamon Ryan, the leader of the Green Party. He refers to "my department" in the piece. The fact that it says "Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications" at the bottom just shows that he spent their money on it.

No it isn't. The price in the day ahead market might trend towards zero, but the price paid for the electricity supplied (plus that constrained, curtailed or over supplied by wind/solar) is most definitely non-zero and is trending upwards significantly. That's in addition to any other monies that needs to be paid for system services like voltage support, reserves etc.

Imagine building a gas, coal or oil plant and telling the owners that no matter what happens, as long as they're available (even if they never generate a single MW) they'll get paid in full for their potential electricity (plus any eligible ancillary service or capacity payments) . Now tell the same owners they can effectively build as many plant as they want and the electricity customer will underwrite that one way bet. It reeks of the cash for ash scandal up North a few years ago.

The peak is after 7pm for several months of the year, do you tailor your cooking times accordingly? If everyone else does likewise, it just moves the peak later. There is no magic means to coordinate consumer behaviour to drive the desired outcomes. Use price signals and you'll encourage dips and peaks as consumers try to guess which way the price goes next, whether to cook now or later, which the grid operator will need to respond to. I've heard Eirgrid describe it as the peaks becoming "peakier" which exacerbates the issue. A preferred outcome is continued predictability for most grid operators. They'd prefer perfect foresight to optimise generation, not ever changing goalposts where prices chase their own tails.

The days of ad breaks having significant impact on frequency are long gone. That's the impact of multiple channels, streaming services etc vs just Rte1 and maybe 2 in the past. It takes major global events (World Cup finals etc) to see that kind of behaviour now - maybe it happens once or twice a year, not hourly, daily or weekly.

I did apologise to the poster I was replying to on the clarity of the population density map for Sweden. Here is a one that is clearer.

and one that shows the location of their nuclear power plants.

Not exactly located in the least densely populated areas of Sweden now are they.

By ER figures I assume you mean that Eirgrid estimation of our electricity need by 2050. If so then that would mean that based on this plan that greens favor of 37GW from offshore wind 37GWs would not be enough to cut it. So how many more offshore windmills would be needed and their cost on top of the 37GWs that you still cannot give a price for ?

A cost btw that has grown more legs and is now for floating offshore windmills close to twice per MWh that of Hinkley nuclear that greens were so fond of pointing their fingers at.

Nuclear energy production is indeed a complex mechanism. But complex doesnt mean problematic.The difference with green tech are manifold: nuclear energy production deals with quantifiable known elements and physics processes and the system is transparent from all sides. Nuclear plants are relatively small. They score high on efficiency. The waste is small and the energy output is very large. In other words: the pros and cons are clear.

Wind and solar energy production on the other hand suffer from a multitude of issues that cannot be so easily swept under the table although many try. Current problems will increase and so will the uncertainties which is clear by looking at the short history of (i hate the word) renewables.

I actually dont know how people think about nuclear energy in Ireland at the moment. If given the right information i think many will look more positive towards it. One thing for sure, if you want to bet on which energy technology will produce lower electricity prices, wind, solar or nuclear it is pretty clear. Ordinary people like certainty of outcome and low energy prices which favours nuclear. The only downside f Ireland concerns the economy of scale. It is a good argument but should be seen in the context of others..

In otherwords a figure he pulled out of his hole that for just the offshore wind cost alone without all the hydrogen add ons of that plan,that is now at least 25% lower than the U.K. costs after the U.K. folding to the wind companies holding a gun to their head.