According to scientists and politicians between now and 2030 developing countries will need $2 trillion to deal with the damaging effects of climate change.
A trillion is 1,000,000, 000, 000, or 10 to the power of 12, or one million million.
Yesterday at 08.15 on the island of Ireland the system demand for electricity was 3,695 mw of which 3,371 was wind generated.
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The following is reported in the German media about Ireland:
Ireland gets most of its energy from Great Britain, there are no gas or electricity storage facilities. And the country cannot cover its needs through renewable energy either. The consequences are fatal, warns one expert.
In view of the low supply and lack of storage facilities, EU member Ireland is heading for a serious energy crisis, according to an expert. Already in the upcoming winter, power cuts could occur under certain circumstances, warned Muireann Lynch of the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) in Dublin. In the winter of 2023/24, such blackouts could hardly be avoided. Lynch pointed to the strong economic growth of the EU country and the increasing population. In addition, more and more data centres would be connected to the grid. All this increases demand. "Unfortunately, we have not increased supply to the same extent," Lynch said.
There is a lot of renewable energy, mainly through onshore wind farms, he said. However, gas generation has not been taken care of, he said. There is only one developed gas field off the Irish coast. It meets 25 per cent of demand so far, but is estimated to be exhausted by 2030. Most of it is imported from Britain, and there is no gas or electricity storage.
"We were too optimistic"
Emergency checklist to prepare citizens for blackouts
Some time ago, the government had already ruled out the exploration of oil fields in order to catch up on climate protection. In the next twelve months, the oil-fuelled Tarbert power plant will also be taken off the grid in all likelihood, Lynch said. "If the plant operators don't manage to build new emergency generators very quickly, then it will be even tighter next winter because we will have an even greater reduction on the supply side and probably not enough supply coming online," the expert said.
Demand, however, will continue to rise, she added. "Assuming Tarbert retires, I honestly don't know how we are going to avoid blackouts," the expert said. The only thing that could help is luck with the weather: "Then the wind would always have to blow exactly when we need it."
Quick help is not in sight, Lynch said. "There is no physical way for other EU members to help with their gas stocks at the moment, because we don't have an LNG terminal and gas storage." Both are urgently needed, the expert warned, especially as liquefied natural gas (LNG) would reduce dependence on global gas prices. "We were too optimistic that we could do it with heat pumps and electric cars." Lynch also called for streamlining planning processes and cutting red tape.
https://www.n-tv.de/wirtschaft/Expertin-Irland-droht-Blackout-Katastrophe-article23721061.html
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