Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 October 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Renewable Energy Directive: Discussion

4:00 pm

Mr. Kevin Brady:

Article 19 does not create a barrier to that. It might be the terms and conditions of the existing REFIT schemes. That is why I made the point that in the new renewable electricity support scheme there is potential for that to be different. There is nothing to support a company building a wind farm, having the guarantees of origin from that wind farm and effectively counting them off its data centre if it funds the wind farm. That is available at present. Should it be allowed in conjunction with the new electricity support scheme? That is key feedback from the public consultation that needs to be included in the development of that scheme.