Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 May 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion

Dr. Laurence Shalloo:

Yes, absolutely, but there are barriers. If we take the dairy farm Dr. Upton talked about and one puts in the solar panels and is using 30% of that power for water heating and 30% for cooling, can that remaining 40% then be sold back to the grid? Is that a barrier to adoption of this at farm level? Perhaps with these grid connections, that is something that needs to part of the overall conversation, as well as the messaging that this is an important investment from which returns can be made.

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