Strategy needed to tackle fuel poverty ahead of winter months
A Leitrim Councillor says a fuel poverty strategy is needed as a matter of urgency following 30 price hikes in energy costs since the start of the year. Minister for the Environment, Eamon Ryan says the energy supply in Ireland will be ‘very tight’ for the next few years. Eirgrid…
Energy from North West to be transported to larger centres of demand
The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan along with the operator of the national grid, Eirgrid, are launching a 14-week consultation process on the future of Ireland’s electricity system. The consultation will discuss different approaches to preparing the grid to run with 70% of the country’s…