Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 April 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Implementation of the New National Retrofit Plan: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland

Mr. William Walsh:

I will just add a point on heat pumps. The technology is advancing at a rapid pace. We had our energy show last week at which all the heat pump manufacturers took stalls. From speaking to them, there is significant interest and much commercial investment going into heat pumps, both commercial and residential. The technology is similar to other technology; it is getting better. We are very much seeing a move towards that. As Ms. McCarthy and Mr. O'Mahony pointed out, our heat loss indicator will help us to establish exactly the right point at which a heat pump will work efficiently to keep bills low and provide heat in the home from an Irish perspective and establish what measures we have to take to get us there with a view potentially to lowering the figure we have at the moment.

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