Committee to hear of 'complex challenge' in ensuring Ireland has enough electricity to meet winter demand

 No 'cast-iron guarantee' there will not be blackouts this winter, Dáil climate change committee to be told

Much of the increase in demand will come from the likes of data centres, EirGrid says.

There is “an immediate short-term and complex challenge” ensuring Ireland has enough electricity to meet demand this winter, an Oireachtas committee will be told on Tuesday.

Ireland’s energy watchdog, the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU), grid operator EirGrid and Energy Minister Eamon Ryan will all appear before the Oireachtas climate change committee amid an increase in system warnings — alerts the buffer between what is produced and what is demanded are narrow.