November
2025
Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve Site Location
Gas Networks Ireland selects Cahiracon, Co. Clare on the Shannon Estuary as the location for Ireland’s new Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve ("SGER").
The SGER will include a deep-water jetty for a floating storage regasification unit which allows for the storage of liquified natural gas at very low temperature and conversion to natural gas when needed.
The SGER will also have a new connection to the national gas network and the project is intended to increase the State’s energy and grid resilience as it will provide an emergency source of liquified natural gas in the event of a disruption to the State’s natural gas supply.
ORESS Tonn Nua Provisional Results Announced
The provisional results of the State’s second wind auction under ORESS, Tonn Nua, are announced with a winning bid by Helvick Head Offshore Wind DAC, a joint venture partnership between ESB and Danish renewable energy developer Ørsted. The successful bidder had a bid price of €98.719/MWh.
Tonn Nua will be a 900 MW offshore wind project off the coast of Waterford and is one of four maritime sites that will be developed for offshore wind development within the South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan.
