SuperNode submitted its response to the EirGrid consultation ‘Shaping our Electricity Future’ which details four approaches to developing Ireland’s electricity grid. SuperNode’s core critique is that the plans do not think far enough forward. While it is important to meet our 2030 renewables targets, the future does not end there. Grid infrastructure takes a very … Read more
“We need international cooperation, a single energy market with an integrated pan-European grid based upon DC technology – Superconducting technology can be the building block for such a grid.” This was the message from SuperNode CEO John Fitzgerald delivered at IET’s ‘Renewable Power Generation’ event in Dublin today. Fitzgerald discussed the shortfalls of today’s technology and approach to renewable grid planning and the grids of tomorrow – What they will look like, … Read more
A presentation created by Eddie O’Connor and Marcos Byrne. View the full presentation here: SuperNode Energy Scenario 2050. Alternatively view a short summary of the presentation titled: Energy Scenario 2050 short version.
New data from Copernicus, the EU Climate Monitoring Centre, shows that 2020 was the warmest year ever in Europe, 0.4°C above the previous record form 2019 and 1.6°C above the 1981-2001 reference period. Globally, 2020 tied with 2016 as the warmest year ever on record. Global temperatures was 0.6 °C above the 1981-2001 reference period … Read more
Supernode is very excited to be hosting a webinar discussing DC Grids on the 8th December 2020. The4re are a host of interesting speakers on the webinar eager to discuss the future role that DC Grids will play in decarbonisaing our neergy system.The summary agenda is shown here: John Fitzgerald, Vice Chair of currENT, CEO … Read more
Solar now offers the cheapest form of electricity in history, beating coal and gas in most major countries according to the latest annual International Energy Agencys World ENergy Outlook 2020 publication. Red the full article here
We will touch upon 4 topics, all linked but quite separate, Paris failure and what to do about it The future of European energy supply Ireland’s response SuperNode developing new grid technology. You have all read about Oregon, California, BC, Washington, NSW. Unprecedented fires and drought. Is the western US becoming a desert? Fires in … Read more
The UK has been both the European leader, and world leader in the amount of offshore wind it has installed in its waters. The UK currently has an offshore wind installed capacity of approximately 10GW, with ambitions to reach an installed capacity of 40GW by 2030 as set out by Boris Johnson in the recent … Read more
Marco Mensink, director general of the European Chemical Industry Council (CEFIC), has claimed that Europe’s renewable energy sector is “not ambitious enough” to supply the vast quantities of carbon free power required to decarbonise the supplies of the largest industry. “For some reason it’s not really happening yet for large industry,” Mensink told a RE-Source … Read more
Building more new offshore wind capacity and re powering onshore sites are advocated as part of a set of actions that civic and business leaders say Scotland must take in to address global warming. The wind recommendations are part of a ‘12-point action plan’ drawn up by the Climate Emergency Response Group (CERG) and presented … Read more