A Virtual Power Plant is being established in Donegal.
ERNACT has received €1.5 million in funding to develop the initiative which will link energy systems in the county with other European regions.
Donegal County Council will work with a number of stakeholders over the coming three years on the Community-based Virtual Power Plant project to connect multiple small energy systems and operate them as a utility-scale power station to balance electricity demand and production locally.
ERNACT Chairperson, Councillor Rena Donaghey says it will ultimately result in communities being able to manage their own energy requirements:
