Kestrel Energy Storage DAC

Politician(s) lobbied: Darragh O'Brien (Minister), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Timmy Dooley (Minister of State), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Oonagh Buckley (Secretary General), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Matt Collins (Assistant Secretary), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Paul Bolger (Assistant Secretary), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Aine Doyle (Special Adviser), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Tom Tynan (Adviser to Minister of State), Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine; Kieran McQuinn (Special Advisor to the Taoiseach), Department of the Taoiseach; Seán Kelly (MEP), European Parliament; Cynthia Ní Mhurchú (MEP), European Parliament; Ciaran Mullooly (MEP), European Parliament; Barry Andrews (MEP), European Parliament; Billy Kelleher (MEP), European Parliament; Michael McNamara (MEP), European Parliament

Intent: The aim is to build awareness and secure support in principle for Kestrel as part of Ireland’s energy security and Net Zero transition. Kestrel supports Ireland’s energy security by reusing the Ballycotton gas field for large-scale gas storage, helping establish a strategic gas emergency reserve. Over time, it can transition to storing biomethane and green hydrogen from renewable sources.

Methods: EmailMeeting

Politician(s) lobbied: Aine Doyle (Special Adviser), Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment; Deirdre Gillane (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach; Diarmuid Lynch (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Sarah Bardon (Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach; Stephen Kinsella (Special Adviser), Department of the Taoiseach; Shane Smyth (Adviser to Minister), Department of Finance; Pat McParland (Deputy Chief of Staff), Department of the Taoiseach; Kieran McQuinn (Adviser to Minister), Department of the Taoiseach

Intent: To brief with an information note on the Kestrel Energy Storage Project which can support the Government’s current focus on Ireland’s energy security through the establishment of a national strategic gas emergency reserve while also enabling longer-term secure decarbonisation goals. Kestrel will progress the re-use Ballycotton gas field to store large-scale natural gas and then enable a long-term transition to store bio-methane and/or green hydrogen produced by our renewable energy sources::Objective is to build awareness and secure support in principle for Kestrel as part of Ireland’s energy security and Net Zero transition. We aim to ensure alignment of the project with government policy, including the forthcoming Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve Bill.

Methods: Email

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Politician(s) lobbied: Paul Bolger (Assistant Secretary), Department of Environment, Climate and Communications

Intent: To brief the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications on Kestrel progress in relation to the development of gas storage facilities at Ballycotton and its importance in relation to natural gas security of supply and the transition to hydrogen storage in the long term.

Methods: Meeting

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