Currents by Green Collective
A newsletter from Green Collective with monthly and ad-hoc reporting on renewables and the Irish electricity grid.

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Jul
11

Benchmarking Batteries in Ireland

While it's well acknowledged that battery energy storage systems (BESS) play an ever more crucial role on the
9 min read
Jul
01

Irish Grid Monthly: June 2025

The year's half over already! It's been an eventful year on the Irish grid so far
10 min read
Jun
01

Irish Grid Monthly: May 2025

Introduction Be careful what you wish for! In last month's newsletter, we touted a recent rewrite of our
10 min read
May
01

Irish Grid Monthly: April 2025

Introduction As the summer months draw closer, we spent April revamping our real-time solar estimation model so as to be
9 min read
Apr
01

Irish Grid Monthly Recap, March 2025

Introduction What a change from February! Just a month ago, we were loudly declaring the greenest ever month for Irish
10 min read
Mar
01

Irish Grid Monthly Recap, February 2025

Greenlink is creating a new normal for carbon emissions in Irish electricity. The interconnector between Ireland and Wales entered the
7 min read
Feb
01

Irish Grid Monthly Recap, January 2025

January 2025 was for us bookended by extreme weather events (exacerbated by climate change) that exposed vulnerabilities in the critical
7 min read
Jan
20

A Year in Review: The Irish Grid in 2024

Hello! We didn't want an annual review that was simply a concatenation of our 12 previous monthly reports,
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Jan
01

Irish Grid Monthly Recap, December 2024

Firstly, we at Green Collective would like to wish you a wonderful 2025. We bring you some welcome news to
6 min read
Dec
01

Irish Grid Monthly Recap, November 2024

November 2024 was a month of Dunkelflaute: wind generation was well below normal for this time of the year, greatly
6 min read