Michael Fitzmaurice (Roscommon-Galway, Independent) | Oireachtas source

In relation to ESB Networks bringing the power with the network it has at present, what I cannot fathom - they might explain it to me - is the wind farms I see being built beside mountains. Oweninny is a perfect example. There are corridors being built now, here and there. The big cities are the big users of power. How is that we are bringing it right across the country? My understanding is that the system ESB Networks has at present, if a lot of power came on board with renewable, would not be fit for it.

The other part I want to know about is the farmers and, indeed, householders who have put up solar panels, all of which, by the way, are renewable. They payback in all of that, while it might be helpful to their use, from extra electricity that they produce is minimal. That needs to be looked at. I accept that might not be ESB Networks' area as it basically carries the current. Which is the most efficient - solar farms or wind farms?