With around 1.4GWh of operational BESS across 30 sites, Ireland has roughly double the capacity of 2024. The Scheduling and Dispatch Programme (SDP) launched on 11 November 2025, opened Ireland’s wholesale electricity market to batteries for the first time. A 10MW BESS owner could make between 12–37% more revenue over the next decade by participating in the wholesale market. Asset managers now face a more demanding operational environment: active participation across multiple market windows requires operators to forecast, bid, and dispatch.
- How dispatch, regulation and the OEM market differ from GB, and what is the operational experience in a smaller, more utility-dominated market
- With wholesale access now live, what does active optimisation look like in practice?
- Ireland’s 2030 targets demand a step-change in duration and capacity, but for assets already in the ground, what does the business case for upgrades look like?
- Where are the real operational chokepoints, and what’s being done about them?
