1. Transforming the Power System on the Island of Ireland
Dermot Byrne Chief Executive, EirGrid May 2010
2. EirGrid An All-Island Energy Company
3. Transforming the Power System Deregulation Competition and
Customer Choice Smart Grids Renewables Integration and Grid
Development Carbon Neutrality Electrification of Transport and
Heating Sectors Time
4. Power System Transformation Two Dimensions
Investment Dimension
The major Infrastructural Building Blocks
The Hardware
1 2
Operational Dimension
Policies, procedures, controls etc
The Software
5. Irelands Renewable Policy Target
6. 1 Investment Dimension the Hardware
7.
Challenges
Resource Intermittency
System Stability
Uncertainty
Complexity
Portfolio Performance
Smart Grid
Responses
ICT
Customer responsiveness
Decision support tools
Codes / Protocols
Smart Meters
Operational Dimension the Software 2
8. EirGrid: Driving Irelands Smart Grid Forward Graphic Source:
NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability
Standards
9. EirGrid: Driving Irelands Smart Grid Forward Graphic Source:
NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability
Standards
