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    Eamon Ryan: Irlands zukünftiger Energiebedarf muss durch erneuerbare Energien und Kernenergie gedeckt werden


    Eamon Ryan: Irlands zukünftiger Energiebedarf muss durch erneuerbare Energien und Kernenergie gedeckt werden

    https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/04/07/eamon-ryan-irelands-future-energy-needs-must-be-met-by-renewables-and-nuclear/

    Von Banania2020

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    1. TheCunningFool on

      That’s very different to the position of the Green Party on nuclear.

    2. Dependent_Survey_546 on

      He’s not wrong, but good luck getting planning for a nuclear power plant through anywhere in this country.

      Maybe out on Malin head so should it all go wrong the prevailing wind carrys it all out over the ocean… 🥲

    4. Tomaskerry on

      The next few years will be crucial.

      The 700 MW interconnector with France is coming online in 2028.

      We have lots of offshore wind in the planning process but none have started construction.

      Eirgrid is planning for 95% SNSP by 2030, which means 95% of electricity generation can be renewables.

      About 33,000 homes a year are getting solar with 2/3s of those also getting batteries. I can see this rising to 50,000 a year.

      We’ve 2.4 GW of solar and 1.7 GW in the development pipeline. The goal is 8GW by 2030.

      Our peak demand is about 6GW so 8GW is huge.

      We’re investing €18.9 billion in upgrading our grid to handle more renewables.

      About 21% of new cars are battery EVs. This will be over 50% by late 2028 (I think).

      Dublin Bus will be fully EV by 2035.

      Once we’ve enough EVs, these can be used as storage and sell back to the grid.

    5. HighDeltaVee on

      Note that the entire article is on *Europe’s* energy future, and he’s discussing nuclear power in that context.

      At no point does he propose nuclear power specifically for Ireland.

    6. Ainderp on

      Would we be able to use all the energy generated from a nuclear power plant?

      Also have we got the skills to operate it? Id imagine we would have to hire a lot of people from Europe to run it?
      Id also guess we would need a European firm to build it.

      A nuclear power plant would be pretty good for making us more self sufficient in the future, would it make electricity prices cheaper in the long run?

    8. chytrak on

      Nuclear power is unrealistic until small nuclear reactors are common in countries that know how to do nuclear, so 20 years away at least. Practically irrelevant in Ireland. And he knows it as the article is about the EU and not Ireland only.

      Renewables is the only viable future so we need to remove nimbys from the offshore wind development.

    9. Wasyl87 on

      Ireland itself wouldn’t let Ireland to have a nuclear power plant. Planning laws, public opposition. Turf is the only way I guess. And those wind farms that are „planned“ and will be operational in „couple of years“.

    10. Dannyforsure on

      Absolutely, nuclear energy provided by the French through interconnectors. Solar, wind and battery generated here.

    11. saggynaggy123 on

      I’m sympathetic towards nuclear but knowing FG they’d award the contract to the least qualified person.

    13. Tomaskerry on

      There’s lots of SMR projects happening globally right now in the US, Canada, UK, China.

      It’s about 4 billion for 400MW.

      Once the costs come down and the technology is proven, we can consider it.

      In the meantime Solar+Wind+Batteries is a better option.

    14. InfectedAztec on

      Great to hear a green voice moving past the illogical anti nuclear stance in the party

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