Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion

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

Do the witnesses envisage a network of small plants or a small network of large plants? I believe Germany has 6,000 plants. What steps can be taken to reduce opposition to plants' siting? There is already opposition. Some of it will not be justifiable, but some will be. People have concerns, so we must ensure that this does not go the same way as onshore wind in the midlands where we saw significant opposition.

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