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Supporting Ireland’s energy transition with battery energy storage solutions

Clare Duffy, our dispatchable generation and storage manager, explains why ESB is investing significantly in large scale battery projects and the role they play in Ireland's net zero energy future.

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Developing and acquiring 1.8 GW of solar by 2030

Our aim is to develop a pipeline of projects to deliver large scale batteries while also developing a growing solar energy portfolio.

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Onshore Wind

Since 1998, starting with our 5MW wind farm in Crockahenny, we’ve built an onshore wind portfolio supplying nearly 850MW of clean energy in Ireland and the UK.

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Offshore Wind Energy

Offshore wind is playing a major role globally in mankind's fight against climate change and our transition to a zero carbon economy. We have been involved in offshore wind generation since 2017 with a number of planned projects for Ireland and the UK.

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Our Generation Portfolio

Woodhouse

Feb 23, 2022, 16:23 PM
Title : Woodhouse
Location : Co. Waterford
Select a choice : Wind
Latitude : 52.0789264
Longitude : -7.7922472

Fuel: Wind

Capacity: 20 MW

Commissioned: 2015

Technology: 5 Nordex (N100-2.5MW) Turbines and 3 Nordex (N90-2.5MW) Turbines


When officially commissioned on September 13th, 2015 our newest wind farm; Woodhouse brought our total operational fleet to 409 MW.

The wind farm lies on the slopes of Knocknamona hill part of the distinctive Drum Hills located in the town land of Kereen about 10km west of the coastal harbour town of Dungarvan, County Waterford.

Woodhouse features 8 turbines with a combined generating capacity of 20 MW. It can generate enough renewable electricity to power around 12,700 households a year, which equates to some 30% of County Waterford.

Each year, the operation of Woodhouse Wind Farm off-sets the emission of more than 54,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (Co2) equivalent to removing 14,500 cars from the roads.

See how this wind farm was constructed.

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Hydrogen

We believe hydrogen produced from renewable electricity will play a critical role in the decarbonisation of many sectors.

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Wave Energy

Harnessing our natural resources – including wave - can help Ireland achieve its climate targets and provide clean energy for homes, farms and businesses.

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