Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Electricity Grid Development Strategy 2017 and Proposed Celtic Interconnector: EirGrid

7:00 pm

Mr. Fintan Slye:

The next question was about energy mix and renewables. Currently, just shy of 25% of the annual energy demand is met from renewable sources. A chunk of that is hydropower, but the vast majority is onshore wind resources. Everything at the moment indicates that will increase and meet the Government's target of 40% by 2020. In terms of the development pipeline and connections being provided for new facilities and planning permission and construction being under way, sufficient new facilities will be built so that the 40% target can be met.

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