Coal-burning Co Clare plant not being decommissioned in 2025 and will move to using oil as energy security backup
The ESB said Moneypoint would comply with EU emissions standards in the 2025-2029 period. “The actual emissions of the station running on oil over this timeline will depend on the frequency and duration of operation.”
There are plans over the next decade to develop a multibillion-euro renewable energy hub at Moneypoint and to use the site to service two offshore wind farms using floating turbinesThe four-year agreement would not impede the project, “which will help Ireland become a leader in green energy production in line withSome 2,000 megawatts of new electricty generation is expected to come online in the late 2020s, the ESB said, adding that this “will end the need for Moneypoint to be available to...
Friends of the Earth chief executive Oisín Coghlan said the switch to oil-based generation was likely to drive up emissions at a time when Ireland should be phasing out fossil fuels. He said the key issue was whether Moneypoint could be ramped up and down quickly to balance the grid and support the use of renewables. Ensuring energy security was challenging, he said, especially given increased demand from data centres, but fossil fuel use in power generation “has to be as little as possible”.
He called for maximum transparency and regulatory certainty about use of fossil fuel infrastructure and on how a “phase-out” is planned. “There is a need to ensure this is ‘the least worst option’ while driving down electricity demand. Otherwise Moneypoint may still be used in 2029 to keep the lights on,” he said.
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