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EirGrid operates and develops the electricity system in Ireland. Delivering a cleaner energy future.
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WIN 2 tickets to the All-Ireland Football Final!. As the official timing sponsor of the Senior Hurling and Football Championships we are giving away a pair of tickets to the All-Ireland Football Final this Sunday!. To enter:.Like this Post.Tag the person you would bring
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WIN 2 tickets to the All-Ireland Hurling Final!. As the official timing sponsor of the Senior Hurling and Football Championships we are giving away a pair of tickets to the All-Ireland Hurling Final this Sunday!. To enter:.Like this Post.Tag the person you would bring to the game
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Congrats to @Kerry_Official's Stefan Okunbor who was awarded the #EirGridGAA Man of Match Award by @EirGrid's Arthur Moynihan this evening. A superb talent and one to watch in the future!
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Competition time! For a chance to win an International Rules kit, give us a follow and tell us the name of the Irish #IntRules team captain #EirGridGAA
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Passion, determination and energy. Just as EirGrid manages the flow of electricity throughout Ireland, here’s a glimpse at how Jack O’Connor manages the flow of electric passion within his @Kerry_Official U20 team. #TheCurrentTheFuture
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Offshore wind will help Ireland achieve 70% renewable energy by 2030. See why it is so critical here.
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WIN! The @officialgaa All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final between @LimerickCLG & @TribesmenGAA takes place this Sunday and we, as official timing sponsor of the championship, have TWO TICKETS to give away. For a chance to win, follow us & share this post!! #EirGridGAA
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Super keeper! Was Stephen Cluxton of @DubGAAOfficial's penalty save your moment of the match? Like this post to win tickets! #EirGridGAA
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At EirGrid, we manage the national electricity grid, planning for our future needs by developing the North South Interconnector so that everyone has a safe and reliable supply of power. #TheCurrentTheFuture
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Exciting news! EirGrid has achieved a world-first level of renewable energy on the Irish electricity system! The grid on the island of Ireland can now handle up to 65% renewable energy at any given time. EirGrid's Noel Cunniffe tells us more #renewables #greenenergy #2020targets
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My, it's windy out there today! It's been an impressive day for renewable energy generation with wind meeting a high 83% of all-island electricity demand earlier today! Stay safe out there #renewables #strategy2025 #PowertheFuture
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Vote for @Galway_GAA Joe Canning's post match hug with his mam as the moment from the weekend by liking this post.
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Interesting news on the wind front! Wind output, as a percentage of overall generation on the island, was consistently above 75% for most of last Friday night/Saturday morning. At one point 80% of generation on the island was being provided by wind! #greenenergy #decarbonisation.
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Galway legend Padraic Joyce manages & develops @Galway_gaa just like EirGrid manages & develops the current & future of Ireland’s electricity grid. EirGrid is pleased to reveal a glimpse of what it takes to nurture the next generation through Joyce's eyes. #TheCurrentTheFuture
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To understand what it takes to manage and develop @OfficialCorkGAA U20 footballers to become @officialgaa All Ireland Champions, we spoke to Keith Ricken and his wider management team in our latest documentary. #EirGridGAA #PowerTheFuture
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FOLLOW @EirGrid & RETWEET this post for a chance to win tickets to the @officialgaa All-Ireland Final between @DubGAAOfficial v @MayoGAA 😀
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Was Con O'Callaghan of @DubGAAOfficial's goal after 4 minutes your moment of the match? Like this post to vote! #EirGridGAA
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Everyone can help fight climate change. At EirGrid we're strengthening the grid so Ireland can use more renewable energy. Learn more at
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Paddy Durcan kicked a crucial point in yesterday's @officialgaa AISF V @Kerry_Official. LIKE for a chance to win tickets for this w'kend.
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At times, the electricity powering your homes and businesses can be made up of up to 65% wind and solar instantaneously. But at EirGrid we are now trialling 70% of electricity from renewable sources at any one time and we hit this target last weekend. We are #steppingup
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Sportsmanship at its best! @SeanCavanagh14 consoled by Stephen Cluxton. Like this post to vote! #EirGridGAA
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Congrats to the #EirGridGAA U20 Ulster Final Man of the Match Declan Cassidy of @Doiregaa who was presented his award by @EirGrid's @ValerieHedin today.
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At EirGrid, we manage and plan the flow of electricity across the land, so that communities across Ireland continue to have a safe and reliable supply of electricity. #TheCurrentTheFuture
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Here’s the first instalment of our EirGrid 20 U20 players this year. These players are ones to watch. Harry O'Neil (Kildare).Brian Conway (Tyrone).Jack Lavin (Sligo).Sam Callinan (Mayo) . #EirGridGAA #PoweringForward . @GAA @KildareGAA @TyroneGAALive @sligogaa @MayoGAA
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It's finally here! We are very proud to unveil our new ad campaign, which shows how EirGrid is responsible for managing and developing the national electricity grid. For more info: #TheCurrentTheFuture
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Applause from fans when @TyroneGAALive legend, @SeanCavanagh14 left the pitch for the last time. Like this post to vote! #EirGridGAA
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🏆Congratulations to the four Players of the Province of this year's EirGrid U20 All-Ireland football championship🏆 . Ulster: Ruairi Canavan of Tyrone .Leinster: Adam Fanning of Kildare .Connacht: Joseph Keaney of Sligo .Munster: Evan Looney of Kerry
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EirGrid Group has launched its new strategy for the next five years, summed up in the purpose: 'Transform the power system for future generations'. Watch the video to find out how we will lead the change to a greener electricity future. #PowertheFuture
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.@officialdonegal's Michael Langan has been selected as the EirGrid @officialgaa U21 Player of the Province in @UlsterGAA. #EirGridGAA
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We are happy to confirm that the Irish foreshore licence has been granted to the Celtic Interconnector project. The #CelticInterconnector is a subsea link that will allow the exchange of electricity between 🇮🇪 and 🇫🇷. Read more at👇.#CEFEnergy
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Congratulations to @NedzerB13 for winning our July Manager Moment of the Month! The manner in which he re-focused Laois after winning the Joe McDonagh Cup was remarkable. A week later they pulled off the shock of the senior hurling championship when Laois beat Dublin #EirGridGAA
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Was @AussieGleeson of @WaterfordGAA’s goal in the 60th min your favourite moment of the @officialgaa semi-final? Like this post to vote!
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Today we launched the 2022 EirGrid GAA Football U20 All-Ireland Championship at Croke Park. This will be our eighth season to sponsor the country’s most promising young footballers as they power forward, realising their potential. #PoweringForward #EirGridGAA
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A new all-island #windpower record in 🇮🇪 was set over the weekend. #Windgeneration hit a record high of 4,584 MW on Saturday at 1.15pm. #Windenergy reached a peak of 96% of all-island demand for #electricity on Sunday at 00.30am. Well done to the EirGrid and SONI teams!👏
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With the high wind levels across the island today, we’re currently meeting approx 67% of demand with renewable energy. With winds forecast to be very high over next few days, we'll be keeping a close eye on records and working hard to keep the grid secure! #PowertheFuture #wind
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It’s a clean sweep of awards this year for All Ireland champions Galway as their captain Jack Glynn picks up EirGrid Player of the Year for 2020!. #PowerTheFuture #EirGridGAA. @Galway_GAA .@officialgaa
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Everyone can help in the fight against climate change. At EirGrid, we’re strengthening the grid so that Ireland can use more renewable energy 🌬️🌞. Check out our new advertising campaign below and learn more at #SteppingUp #PowertheFuture
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.@OfficialCorkGAA are through to the final of the EirGrid @officialgaa U20 Munster Championship! The countdown is on as @OfficialCorkGAA will battle it out against @Kerry_Official in the final on Wednesday 4th March. #EirGridGAA.#PowerTheFuture
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“We run the electricity grid and plan for a cleaner energy future”. Ever wonder what EirGrid does? Our ad campaign explains and shows how we’re stepping up to fight climate change. Find out more in this video. #cleanerenergy #electricity .
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It’s the final part of our series and this time it’s, Davy Vs Davy!.The Clare legend tells us a little-known story about a hurley mishap he had in the 2004 @officialgaa All-Ireland Quarter Final!. You won’t want to miss it!. #PowertheFuture
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A narrow win in the EirGrid @officialGAA U20s Leinster Quarter Finals sees @KildareGAA progress into the next round. Congrats to the team, management and fans. #EirGridGAA.#PowerTheFuture
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"You often hear the resigned idea that smaller countries can't make a difference but that's entirely wrong". Last week EirGrid Group launched its new five year strategy. Watch some reaction from renowned physicist & strategy launch keynote speaker @ProfBrianCox. #PowerTheFuture
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A new record for all-island wind generation was set last Wednesday with 3,143MW of generation across the island. That's up 72MW on the previous record! A big hand to our innovation staff for their work on increasing renewable energy on the power system
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We welcome today the signing of key financial and technical agreements for the #CelticInterconnector project. This is a significant milestone and an 'anchor' in the future of the Ireland-France energy relationship. 🇮🇪🤝🇫🇷.1/ .@XPiechaczyk .#CEFenergy
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A *new wind record* was set on the island of Ireland y'day. For the first time, all-island wind generation passed 4,000 MW, accounting for 72% of demand. This is an important step to reaching 70% renewables on the power system by 2030! #PowertheFuture
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Congratulations to @LiamLsheedy on picking up the August Manager of the Month Award! Sheedy steered his county to their 28th All-Ireland Hurling title with a dominant 2nd half display against a 14 man Kilkenny. #EirGridGAA #TheCurrentTheFuture
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We have 3 pairs of tickets for Tyrone v Armagh & Dublin v Monaghan on Sat! RT & follow to win a pair! For Sunday's match, see our Facebook!!
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New wind record alert! On 14 March, for the first time, more than half (55%) of the island of Ireland's electricity was generated from wind power for a full day! #renewables #RenewableEnergy #2020targets
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Happy Christmas to all! And big thanks to the guys & gals working in our control centre today to keep the lights on all over Ireland! Shout out to Lisa, Deirdre, Kate, Donal, Wayne & Jason! #keepingthelightson #ChristmasLights
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Well we may not be bringing the Cormac McAnallen cup back to Ireland this year but big congratulations to the Irish team on a brilliant effort down under during International Rules 2017! #EirGridGAA @irfsofficial
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A new all-island #wind generation record was set on Friday last. The new record saw 4,137 MW of wind integrated on the system, up from the previous record of 4,039 MW. As #StormBrendan makes tracks over the island, we'll be working to ensure the stability of the national grid.
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In Part 1 of Davy Vs DJ, we ask our two rivals to relive the build-up and first half of a classic game of hurling, the @officialgaa 2004 All-Ireland Hurling Quarter final. Expect Davy pre-match mind games and some DJ magic!. #Powerthefuture
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Ireland set a *new wind generation record* on Friday 21st February. At the time of the record we were meeting 66% of electricity demand from wind. Over the course of Friday, the lowest percentage of demand being met by wind was 63%. #PowertheFuture
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At EirGrid, we manage and plan the flow of electricity on the national grid, working together with farmers and landowners as we develop an improved infrastructure, so the whole community benefits. #TheCurrentTheFuture
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An important milestone in the critical Celtic Interconnector Project with the submission today of a planning application to An Bord Pleanála. The project will improve the security of Ireland’s electricity supply by providing the only direct energy connection to an EU member state.
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Record breaking amounts of wind on the All-Island electricity system today. Wind generation when the records were set equated to approximately 70% of our electricity demand. #RenewableEnergy #Preservation
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Wind is making up even more of Ireland's electricity generation today than it did yesterday - just under 60%! Our experts are managing the electricity transmission grid to make sure it says secure #staysafe #keepwarm #cupsoftea #StormEmma #sneachtageddon #innovation
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The #EirGridGAA poll vote goes to @DubGAAOfficial & @clgNaFianna's Aaron Byrne as the @EirGrid U21 Football Player of the Year for 2017!
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Shout-out to everyone working on Christmas Day including our own dedicated staff in EirGrid's National Control Centre who are keeping the lights on all over Ireland this Christmas! Huge thanks to Seán, Shane, Wayne, David, Cormac and Dairíne! #keepingthelightson #Christmaslights
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"It's challenging to send AC electricity underground.". Following our announcement this week of an underground cable option for the Kildare-Meath grid upgrade, in this video one of our engineers explains why we can't put all projects underground.
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It’s no surprise that Donal Ó Fátharta is our EirGrid Manager of the Year for 2020. Leading the tribesmen to a historic All Ireland title in his first year in charge of the Under 20’s!.Congratulations Donal!. #PowerTheFuture #EirGridGAA.@Galway_GAA
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WIN! For a chance to win tickets to the All-Ireland Final & a chance to win a brand new scoreboard for your club follow instructions below
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💡Following a successful trial, the System Non-Synchronous Penetration (#SNSP) limit, i.e. the amount of electricity coming from variable #renewablesources of power that the electricity system can accept at any point in time, has now been raised from 70% to 7⃣5⃣%.⬆️.(1/3)
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It’s Part 3 of Davy Vs DJ and our two Hurling legends discuss the nail-biting end to the 2004 @officialgaa All-Ireland Quarter Final. Last gasp points, final whistle confusion and a reflection on amazing careers from two of the best to play the game. #PowertheFuture
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It's January so why not alleviate some of the new year blues with our climate change #quiz? . Use the quiz to find out how #green you are and discover your own tailored climate action tips: #SteppingUp #Januaryquiz.
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Everyone can help in the fight against climate change. At EirGrid, we're strengthening the electricity grid so that Ireland can use more renewable energy. We want to hear your views on how we do this. Find out more at #SteppingUp #HaveYourSay
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We were delighted to present @monaghangaa player @ConorMcManus_15 with his EirGrid Player of International Rules Series award today. Conor was voted as the Player of the #IntRules Series by the public last month. Congrats Conor! #eirgridgaa
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Congratulations to the next four names chosen for their skill and determination in our EirGrid 20 U20 players this year, well done to all👏. Dylan Geaney (Kerry).Luke Breathnach (Dublin).Cillian Burke (Kerry).Canice Mulligan (Sligo)
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Congratulations to Ruaidhri Ó Beaglaoich for being crowned EirGrid player of the province for Munster. His skills have been put to the test, coming out as top-scorer for @Kerry_Official in the EirGrid U20 @officialgaa Munster football final. #EirGridGAA #PowerTheFuture
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That’s a lot of talent in one picture, well done to all EirGrid 20 U20 players involved!. Tommy Gill (Kildare).Cian Reilly (Cavan).Adam Waddick (Dublin).Sean O'Donnell (Tyrone). #EirGridGAA #PoweringForward. @officialgaa @KildareGAA @CavanCoBoardGaa @DubGAAOfficial @TyroneGAALive
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In 2022, 8️⃣ new #renewableenergy projects were successfully connected to the national grid, increasing the renewable generated power available to 600MW. These connections are part of getting us to our 2030 #climatetargets of up to 80% of electricity coming from renewable sources.
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"We need to embrace a new way and shift towards a cleaner energy system". Moving to cleaner energy means huge challenges for our electricity grid. So how is EirGrid working to deliver the change we all want? Find out in this video. #CleanEnergy #electricity #renewable
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Congratulations to Sligo for winning their first ever EirGrid Connacht U20 Football Championship in a nail-biting affair with Mayo. #EirGridGAA #PoweringForward @officialgaa @sligogaa
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Great day for EirGrid Group at the launch of our new five year strategy which will see us lead the island's electricity sector on sustainability and decarbonisation. Watch some of the highlights from the conference here. Read more: #PowertheFuture
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Happening as we speak! Following last week's announcement, the Irish electricity grid is currently handling 64.5% variable renewable energy. Well done to the team on this great achievement 👏 Pictured is Robin McCormick, EirGrid Director of Operations
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At EirGrid Group, we're #steppingup to tackle climate change. Two new wind records were set yesterday – in Ireland and across the island. Kudos to our staff and energy partners for continuing to push boundaries in order to deliver 70% electricity from renewable sources by 2030.
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The electricity system is experiencing tight margins today. A #SystemAlert (Amber Alert) notice has been issued to the electricity market this morning due to low wind, limited electricity imports & forced outages at a number of generators. More info at
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The Single Electricity Market Committee announces the successful launch of I-SEM - the new all-island wholesale electricity market:
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The electricity system is experiencing tight margins today. A #SystemAlert (Amber Alert) notice has been issued to the electricity market due to low wind, limited electricity imports and forced outages at a number of generators. More information on
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Best of luck to the Irish International Rules Squad ahead of their first test tomorrow in the Adelaide Oval Stadium. Tune into @RTEgaa from 5am for live coverage. #EirGridGAA
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We are honoured to have been awarded the RGI Good Practice of the Year Award 2022 in the category Communication & Engagement for ‘Shaping our Electricity Future’, a comprehensive public consultation on how to best achieve 🇮🇪’s renewable ambitions. #PCIdaysEU #CEFEnergy #PCIList
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Next up, another electrifying group of young talent selected as part of EirGrid 20 U20👏. Niall Devlin (Tyrone).Ruairí Canavan (Tyrone).Joseph Keaney (Sligo).Darragh Lovett (Cavan) . #EirGridGAA #PoweringForward @officialgaa @officialtyronegaa @sligogaa @CavanCoBoardGaa
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EirGrid and @rte_france today signed a €530 million European Commission funding agreement for the Celtic Interconnector, a proposed high-voltage electricity cable linking Ireland and France. Read more: 🇮🇪-🇫🇷 #celtic #renewables #70x30
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The all-time record for wind generated electricity has been broken! Today, wind generation peaked @ 2,815MW. More @
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Renewable electricity consumption in Ireland jumped from 36% in 2019 to 43% last year, as EirGrid works to increase renewable energy on the grid. This puts Ireland ever closer to achieving its target of 70% renewable electricity use by 2030. Read more:
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This week east Cork was announced as the most suitable location for a new electricity interconnector linking #Ireland 🇮🇪and #France 🇫🇷. Learn more about the #CelticInterconnector and its benefits in this video @rte_france @CorkChamber
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.@DubGAAOfficial, Brian Fenton gave an outstanding midfield performance on Sat. Vote for this as your favourite moment by liking the post.
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At EirGrid, we operate and manage the national electricity grid so that businesses across Ireland can prosper and new ones grow. #TheCurrentTheFuture
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EirGrid CEO Mark Foley has been awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur. 🎖.This award was given by the French Government for the work that has been carried out under the Celtic Interconnector project.
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EirGrid & @ElectricIreland's Power Off & Save, the first programme in 🇮🇪 to ask residential customers to reduce electricity consumption when demand is high, has delivered a 560kW saving - the equivalent of switching off over 14,000 light bulbs. Read more:
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There is a fundamental shift in how #electricity is being consumed during the #Covid19 crisis - last week saw demand during the morning peak fall by 200 megawatts, enough electricity to power up to 150,000 homes, as people #StayAtHome. Read more:
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We were delighted to host King Carl XVI Gustaf & Queen Silvia of Sweden at EirGrid today as part of their State visit to Ireland. During their tour, the royal couple visited the National Control Centre, where EirGrid staff manage the national electricity grid on a 24/7 basis.
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"EirGrid believes microgeneration can and will be a central component of the next phase of renewable energy. We develop the grid to meet the future needs of our society." . Liam Ryan, Director of Grid Development, speaking today @Dept_CCAE committee meeting on microgeneration.
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Win tickets to the All-Ireland SFC Final! When last did @Kerry_Official play @dublinofficial in the All-Ireland SFC Final? #EirGridTimeIsNow.
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