Mr. Nicholas Tarrant:

We mentioned it in the statement to give a sense of the amount of renewables on the system. Going back to our role, we provide common infrastructure across the overall market. In connecting any renewable projects, whether biomass, onshore wind, storage or solar, our role is to ensure they are connected to the network. We do not have a role in owning biomass or waste energy projects. Our role is to ensure that when they generate electricity, they have a connection to the network. We do that in partnership with, for example, EirGrid for transmission connected generation or if it was not connected to the distribution network, we have a role to ensure it gets connected. We do not have a direct role. As I am sure has been discussed at the committee, a biomethane strategy was recently launched by the Department. It is in its early stages in the sector but there are plans to grow so there is indigenous gas in the country. ESB Networks has a role around that industry. As the likes of biomethane plants are developed, there will be a role for us to ensure their connection to the electricity network. There is talk of a significant number of such plants as the industry takes off.