How should Ireland go about protecting its energy supplies?
Over 2 years ago MaREI’s Paul Deane from University College Cork wrote a piece for RTE Brainstorm titled ‘How should Ireland go about protecting its energy supplies?’.
Since being published, the issue has not been resolved, and the urgency has increased. Dr Paul Deane says “Ireland should play to its strengths as a country with large renewable potential and seek to harness this resource, but we must be realistic and acknowledge it will take time. As we transition away from fossil fuels over the next 15 to 20 years, we must not let long-term optimism blind us to the short-term vulnerabilities of our energy supply and action must be taken on options such as LNG or gas storage”
