May June 2020 Electric.ie Magazine

ELECTRIC.IE • The Magazine & Website for the Irish Electrical Industry • 7 Does your car have air bags? Safety belts? ABS? Of course it does as these are now mandatory requirements. But it was not that long ago when these were considered optional extras. Now consider your latest domestic electrical installation design. A new product category – the Arc Fault Detection Device (AFDD) - is taking the safety of domestic installations to the next level. The new AFDD+ from Eaton detects arc faults that standard RCDs and MCBs can’t by reducing the risk of fires ignited in electrical installations. Compulsory installation of AFDDs is becoming the norm across Europe. An installation without an Eaton AFDD+ will soon look like a car without an airbag. Installers have the responsibility to deliver the highest level of safety according to recommendations in the Standards. An AFDD+ included in a new installation can help protect people, their property and your reputation. So when you’re designing your next installation, why risk not specifying an AFDD+? Technology that rede nes safe. Available now from TEC Electric 01 4572445 | electrical@tec.ie Fires ignited by electrical installations in residential properties have many causes. So if you can reduce the risk with an all-in-one Eaton solution, why wouldn’t you? Achieve the recommendations of I.S.10101:2020 clause 421.7 with an Eaton AFDD+ available from TEC Electric 8.7% Fall in Power and Industrial Emissions T he Climate Action Plan, is designed to reduce emissions by 35% by 2030 (or 3.5% per year on average). To deliver the 35% reduction set out in the plan, we must deliver 1 million electric vehicles, 500,000 homes upgrades, 70% renewable electricity, an €80 carbon tax, greater agricultural efficiencies, and the implementation of over 180 further actions. It will mean we have cleaner air, warmer homes, and a more sustainable economy. Minister Bruton said: " Emissions from our largest energy users have fallen from a high of 20.3 tonnes of CO2 in 2008, to 14.1 tonnes last year. This has been largely due to investment in our renewable energy capacity, which today stands at around 33% of all electricity generation. Through the Climate Action Plan, we have committed to increasing this to 70% by 2030". These results show that it is possible to break the link between economic progress and carbon emissions. Last year, the economy grew by 6% but our electricity and major industrial emissions fell by 8.7%. It iswelcome progress, but wemust domore. The upcoming RESS (Renewable Energy Support Scheme) auctions and the preparatorywork to grow the renewables on the gridwill be important developments. Aswe consider our future recovery, wemust ensure that climate resilience is built in and that we leverage Ireland’s natural assets and invest in our renewable capacity, particularly offshorewind. The government havewelcomed the EUNewGreen Deal, whichwill see the EU raise its ambition from 40% to 50 - 55%. Ireland supports this and supports delivering net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Thiswill require further development of the Climate Action Plan, and the inclusion of newambition and newactions. The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Richard Bruton T.D. recently welcomed the publication of 2019 power and industrial emissions by the Environmental Protection Agency. In 2019, greenhouse gas emissions from Irish power generation and industrial companies fell by 8.7 per cent. Industry News