Post: Ireland sees third day of system alerts

Ireland sees third day of system alerts

Low wind, unexpected power plant shutdowns and limited imports have resulted in grid operator Eirgrid, issuing a number calls for large energy users to reduce their demand since the start of the week. On Tuesday, an interconnector to the GB market was also suddenly lost, causing a DS3 frequency event, followed by a DSU capacity event.

As a result of the tightening of the system 9 and 10 August, calls for energy reduction were made at the following times:

• Monday 8 August – 16:41 to 18:58
• Tuesday 9 August – 13:53 to 16:07
• Tuesday 9 August – 16:41 to 19:00
• Wednesday 10 August – 09:41 to 11:41

EirGrid said it was working with conventional generators and large energy users that can reduce their needs when demand is high to maximise their availability to the grid. “We will communicate promptly should there be any significant changes to the status of the power system,” it said.

During these event’s GridBeyond’s customers responded, earning them revenues from grid schemes, supporting the network operators and helping prevent outages on the system for the benefit of all consumers across Ireland.

With our DS3 integration services, GridBeyond can help your business participate in this electricity market through the integration of generators and the commissioning and verification of DSU systems.

Our award-winning technology platform connects energy intensive assets and automatically adjusts power consumption in real-time to balance the Grid – all with minimal impact to operations.

But in addition to payments for demand response, a partnership with GridBeyond can support your business to:

• increase resilience with our CapEx free battery solutions
• manage energy procurement and prices
• cost-effectively electrify assets, such as vehicles and
• Put your business on the road to net zero

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