Iran and the Potential Gas Crisis – Impacts to Ireland

The past two weeks have seen escalating conflict in the Middle East. Below is a brief overview of what has happened, and why energy markets are watching developments so closely.

Connecting large energy users (LEUs) such as data centres can provide additional demand to take advantage of excess renewable generation and reduce the rates of curtailment and locational constraints.

Cornwall Insight experts Tom Edwards (Principal Modeller) and Dr. Craig Lowrey (Principal Consultant) discuss the recent volatility in wholesale energy markets following developments in the Iran conflict

As we move through the early stages of a new year, we take a moment to reflect on the major developments that shaped the Irish and Northern Irish energy sectors in 2025.

This blog reviews the collective impact of the spectrum of implemented, in train, and planned changes - assessing the overall opportunities for battery storage assets.

In our latest blog, we explore how Ireland’s Capacity Remuneration Mechanism supports system reliability amidst rising demand, ageing infrastructure, and the integration of renewables.

In this podcast we introduce the Battery Energy Storage Solutions (BESS) market in Ireland and Northern Ireland & discuss the key challenges facing it & how wider reforms of the Irish energy market might impact BESS assets

To facilitate an ever-growing supply of intermittent renewable energy generation, there is a need for the Single Electricity Market (SEM) for Ireland and Northern Ireland to have robust System Services

In our latest blog we present an overview of this Framework and discuss what it means for electricity storage in Ireland going forward.

Ireland has renewable electricity targets for 2030 set out in the Climate Action Plans since 2021 of 9GW of onshore wind, 5GW of offshore wind and 8GW of solar.

This blog explores, how since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the UK’s and EU’s natural gas imports have transitioned away from Russian pipeline supplies and towards liquified natural gas (LNG); the short and long-term impacts on UK energy bills; and what issues lie ahead in the LNG transition.

Recent events, from the worker strikes at the Chevron-owned Wheatstone LNG facility in Australia to the Israel-Hamas conflict, have highlighted the potential for disruption to energy exports. The Wheatstone and nearby Gorgon facilities account for \~5% of global LNG supplies

As we look ahead to a second winter with heavily reduced levels of Russian pipeline gas being supplied to Europe, one of the key variables in the stability and security of European gas supplies and prices will be the supply of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG).

This report provides an annual overview of trends for the All-Ireland Power Market out to 2030 using outputs from Cornwall Insight’s latest forward curve for the All-Island (AI) Single Electricity Market (SEM) covering Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Over the last five financial years, South Australia has seen a significant increase in price volatility, with substantial portions of time both negative and above $250/MWh, leading to increasing opportunities for storage systems to provide arbitrage services.

This report provides an annual overview of trends for the All-Ireland Power Market out to 2030 using outputs from Cornwall Insight’s latest forward curve for the All-Island (AI) Single Electricity Market (SEM) covering Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Substantial reductions in Russian gas supply to Europe and increased global competition for LNG cargoes have resulted in substantially elevated gas prices for the UK this winter (2022-23) compared to the historical norm.

With climate change high on the agenda, many countries are looking at decarbonising their electricity generation and incorporating more renewable generation into their electricity systems. This research snapshot focuses on energy market design in Great Britain (GB), Ireland and Australia, considering what is being done to adapt to the changing generation mix.

Ireland has an ambitious vision to reach net zero by 2050, and decarbonising residential heating is a significant challenge. This report examines the potential for hydrogen-based heating solutions in decarbonising residential heating in Ireland.On comparing the various options of using hydrogen for domestic heating in Ireland, hydrogen blending in the gas network is likely the \[…\]