Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 March 2023

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion

9:30 am

Ms Margie McCarthy:

We are on the back of the national heat study published last February, and I know the Deputy would have heard of that. It identified significant potential for district heating throughout the country. We have been working with our parent Department in support of the steering group for district heating. The heat study looked at heat mapping throughout the country and where the highest potential is. That will draw on both anchor heat sources and anchor tenants for the first feasibility implementation of district heating. That means looking at many of the public sector buildings, ensuring they both connect to district heating but also any potential waste heat they can provide into-----

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