Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 May 2015

Public Accounts Committee

2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Chapter 8 - Operation of the Emergency Call Answering Service

10:00 am

Mr. Mark Griffin:

I am quite sure we will achieve that target by 2020. In terms of solar, we will be going out for public consultation shortly on future energy technologies, including where solar might fit into the system because it is a technology that seems to be gaining primacy in many other jurisdictions and is something we must examine closely. There is a good deal of detailed research being undertaken in UCC on future renewables and the integration of renewables into the grid, and EirGrid, the transmission system operator, will be looking at that issue as well.

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