Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 20 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Brian StanleyBrian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On the retrofit programme, has the ESB looked at the option of a green bond or a pay-and-save scheme? The ESB representatives have answered some questions on the future of the power stations, but in terms of the use of the sites, the grid connection location and water extraction licences that the company has, there are a lot of things and a lot of departure, so to speak there for something else to be moved in. Has the ESB looked at the option of either biomass or perhaps replacing it with a new biogas facility? Obviously, it would be of a smaller scale, but it is whether it is being looked at for purposes like that or as a staging post or transmission station for solar power. I would like a brief answer on the just transition forum. What planning is the ESB doing now for the just transition for its workers who will be losing their jobs?

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