As regards battery technology, no batteries whether now or in the next decade will be able to absorb the huge amounts of power necessary to replicate a constant load power stations.
The ESB battery banks can at most provide 1 hour power at full load, they are there just to smooth out the variations in wind generation but cannot replace a conventional power station. That's the enormous technological leap that still needs to be crossed.
The institute of engineers called for realism on irelands energy security and dependence on imported gas especially since brexit uncertainty and ukraine war. They said of the 5000 MW of installed wind energy , last week there periods when only 10MW was available the rest had to come from gas . They said we will still be dependant on gas generation for at least the next 2 decades.
The technological transformation in energy is not the same as data as you come against the fundamental physical laws
The ESB battery banks can at most provide 1 hour power at full load, they are there just to smooth out the variations in wind generation but cannot replace a conventional power station. That's the enormous technological leap that still needs to be crossed.
The institute of engineers called for realism on irelands energy security and dependence on imported gas especially since brexit uncertainty and ukraine war. They said of the 5000 MW of installed wind energy , last week there periods when only 10MW was available the rest had to come from gas . They said we will still be dependant on gas generation for at least the next 2 decades.
The technological transformation in energy is not the same as data as you come against the fundamental physical laws