For years, battery storage in Ireland has been operating under a network charging regime that penalised it for doing exactly what the electricity system needs it to do. That is now set to change, with significant implications for Ireland’s energy […]
Something historic is happening in Dublin this October. For the first time ever, Ireland’s wind, solar and energy storage industries will come together under one roof at the Renewable Energy Expo Ireland 2026, taking place on 21 and 22 October […]
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) […]