15th January 2026, Dublin: Energy Storage Ireland (ESI) has welcomed the Government’s Large Energy User Action Plan (LEAP), describing it as a timely and strategic policy that identifies energy storage as core national infrastructure. LEAP sets out a plan-led approach […]
Call comes to support efforts to drive down the cost of electricity for customers 1st December 2025, Dublin: Energy Storage Ireland (ESI), the representative body for Ireland’s energy storage industry, has called on EirGrid to deliver the Government’s 500 MW […]
Join us in Croke Park, Dublin on 21 September for the Energy Storage Ireland Annual Conference 2023! The energy storage industry in Ireland has gone from strength to strength with nearly 700MW of battery storage now operational on the island […]
Despite the frantic start to the year as projects battled to meet testing and contracting deadlines in the face of Covid-19 delays it has been a fantastic achievement by the industry as four new BESS projects have begun operations and […]
It has been another busy quarter for the storage industry with a number of our members progressing projects in construction and dealing with the uncertainty that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused in terms of project timelines for the upcoming DS3 […]
Energy Storage Ireland (ESI) has just completed a survey of its members and the results show that the pipeline of battery storage projects in Ireland and Northern Ireland is very strong with 54 projects, making up just under 2.3 GW […]
Energy Storage Ireland is delighted to publish an information paper on the characteristics of Grid-Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems and how safety is incorporated into their design, manufacture and operation. It is intended for use by policymakers, local communities, planning […]
Ireland’s electricity sector is changing, and this change will need to speed up over the next decade if Ireland is to achieve the 70by30 Government target for electricity generated by renewables. Ireland’s existing electricity market, the SEM (Single Electricity Market) […]
Energy Storage Ireland is delighted to publish our Quarter 2 Policy Update for 2020. It has been quite a busy quarter following the launch of ESI as we seek to grow the visibility of the brand, take on new members […]
A new report by energy market experts Baringa, produced for Energy Storage Ireland, shows how new zero-carbon technologies can ensure the all-island power grid remains strong and secure while cutting CO2 emissions, driving down system costs and reducing curtailment. Currently […]