Phil Connolly

#LUFC supporter. All views are my own. Energy decarbonisation ✍️

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@businessposthq Great piece @cooper_m - what else would we do with the abundance of electricity we have/will have. Export it as electrons? Or add value as DCs. The modelling in the FOE piece was also quite one sided

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@ive_m5 13G?

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@adrianweckler Peaked at 33.7%

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@CleanPowerDave Ireland installed its first grid connected solar farm less than 4 years ago - yesterday solar provided 13% of daily demand, 18% of demand during solar hours and over 33% at peak!

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@IrishBiogas DHL are not offtaker. That was previous deal that collapsed - offtaker is Centrica Energy

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4/ Paul Deane put it perfectly: if Ireland can’t build transmission, we can’t build a reactor.

Norway’s independent review reached the same conclusion: alternatives are sufficient to 2050, SMR cost claims unproven.
Ireland should take the same approach.

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1/ Ireland banned nuclear power in 1999.
In 2025, we imported ~1.3 TWh of nuclear electricity from France and GB via our interconnectors.

The ban hasn’t kept nuclear out. It’s just kept it off the table for analysis.

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3/ The real 2030s job: grid build-out, offshore wind, planning reform, long-duration storage, demand flexibility.
We’re already struggling for resources without adding a non-commercial SMR-shaped question to the mix.

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@18for0 @XEnergyIreland @JamesOConnorTD What’s your views on the SEAI DESS study that includes nuclear?

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@adrianweckler Battery needs to be included - and all homes not just those pre 2022

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@EO_Halloran Also, if we install 1 SMR in that timeframe it will be 300MW of a 12,000MW peak.

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@EO_Halloran @PeterSmartpower Ireland previously had supports for battery’s but got rid due to budget and wanting to support solar more. I agree it should be reinstated- have an 8kWh battery at home and the savings/benefits are massive

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Demand for oil remains steady in Ireland despite near record prices in March - on a quarterly basis petrol demand is up, diesel demand down.

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@EO_Halloran It is ridiculous- even for a small(ish) 5.3 kWp system with a 8kWh battery the savings are incredible

https://t.co/jKWuRI3gjd

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@BarryBetsby @GerHerbert1 @kev_tbay @Sam24116 @jerryk82like @adrianweckler I hope your sports trading is better than your EV/car knowledge 😩🤯

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EVs in Ireland and now as cheap to buy as their competitors, and are 7x times cheaper to run.

Based on top 10 sales in Q1 2026. The only way a ICE vehicle beats an EV is if you can’t charge at home.

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@globalhlthtwit Up to 7 times cheaper to run in Ireland now

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@Styo28183449 @adrianweckler @GerHerbert1 Nope - each car has its own efficiency number under WLTP (which I know are wrong) but I use the equivalent for diesel and petrol. It’s not one size fits all - Tesla model 3 is more efficient than ID4 for example

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@Styo28183449 @adrianweckler @GerHerbert1 So the EVs use WLTP and diesel and petrol also use WLTP efficiency. From memory it’s c. 17 kWh/100km and c. 6l/100km so the numbers are true

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@adrianweckler And when you buy it, it’s 7 times cheaper to run! Great piece @adrianweckler