Ireland Cork Hybrid Energy Storage Project

What will ESB's new battery plant do for Ireland?

Friday, 15th November 2024 Cork, Ireland ESB has today opened its latest major battery plant at its Aghada site in Co Cork which will add 150MW (300MWh) of fast-acting energy storage to help provide grid stability and deliver more renewable power onto Ireland’s electricity system.

Will a new battery storage plant be built in Cork?

RWE’s 60WM plant recent went live in Monaghan and Iberdrola has turned on a 50MW battery storage system in Meath. While Microsoft has said it is planning to build one in Dublin at its data centre there. A new battery storage plant, designed to help ease out the supply demand imbalances caused by renewable energy, has gone online in Cork.

Will ESB deliver Grid-scale battery technology in Cork & Dublin?

The projects are ESB's first in a pipeline to deliver grid-scale battery technology at sites in both Cork and Dublin A new battery storage plant, designed to help ease out the supply demand imbalances caused by renewable energy, has gone online in Cork.

Will ESB build a net zero facility in Co Cork?

"ESB has a strong history in Co Cork and, with projects such as this, the region will play an important part in delivering its Net Zero strategy into the future." Similar facilities are being built all over the country by a range of private sector operators.

Could a new battery storage plant help ease supply imbalances?

A new battery storage plant, designed to help ease out the supply demand imbalances caused by renewable energy, has gone online in Cork. The 19MW facility at Aghada provides stored electricity into the grid when required to create stability amid fluctuations in supply. The plant was built for the ESB by Fluence, Powercomm Group and Kirby Group.

What funding does IERC have for the ministor project?

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 869821. Researchers at IERC are piloting a state-of-the-art prototype high-capacity thermal energy storage system as part of the MiniStor project.