Briefs

Policy briefs

Two pages each, sourced, and written for policymakers and their advisers. Figures are fixed at the date of publication; the method page explains how each was made.

Policy brief no. 1 · October 2026
Paying twice for clean power
Electricity customers help fund Ireland’s wind farms, then pay again when the grid cannot take their power. In 2024 the grid turned away 1,266 GWh of wind in Ireland — one unit in ten of what was available. This brief sets out the evidence, a modelled cost, and three options that would let flexible demand use the surplus at no cost to the public.

Policy briefs

Paying twice for clean power