Moneypoint’s use unlikely to extend past 2025 despite fears of energy crisis
Moneypoint is to close as scheduled in 2025 despite warnings of a potential capacity shortfall in Ireland’s electricity grid over the coming five years.
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EOIN NEYLON: Data centres are here to stay
A recent review was conducted into the widely circulated claim that 97% of all climate scientists had concluded that man made actions were contributing to climate change. The reviewer pointed to the fact that the claim was over a decade old and that it needed to be re-examined.
Absence of Moneypoint from discussions on blackout ‘bewildering’
Clarity is needed on Moneypoint amid concerns on the security of the country’s energy supply.
Ireland’s first Synchronous Compensator to be in operation at Moneypoint next October
October of next year has been identified as the planned start for the commercial operation of the Synchronous Compensator at Moneypoint.
Data Centres should not be a priority – Futureproof Clare webinar hears
An online webinar concerning the newly proposed €1.2bn Ennis Data Centre has issued the stark cry to Government to “prioritise decarbonisation and not to be prioritising data centres”.
‘We’re failing to back a winner’ – frustration with lack of work on Moneypoint trans-shipment port
Frustration has been expressed among West Clare councillors on the inability to progress a potential trans-shipment port at Moneypoint.
Cohesive plan needed to protect and maximise potential of Shannon Estuary
Leadership is needed to maximise the potential investment for West Clare from the Shannon Estuary.
Quick action needed to maximise potential of maritime centre of excellence in Kilrush
Swift movement is needed to maximise on the full potential of the maritime infrastructure along the Shannon Estuary by establishing a maritime training centre of excellence in Kilrush.
Moneypoint plans ‘heighten necessity’ for Shannon Estuary shipping port
Plans to develop an offshore wind farm off Moneypoint and the construction of a green hydrogen production, storage and generation facility heighten “the necessity” to explore its potential as an international shipping port.
ESB award Siemens contract for Synchronous Compensator at Moneypoint
Almost 100 years on from constructing the Ardnacrusha Power Plant, Siemens have been awarded the contract for a significant new development at Moneypoint.