Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion
Mr. David Maguire:
My final point is that solar representing 10% of the auction-based scheme is quite disappointing. Ultimately, it is widely agreed within Europe from various independent assessments that solar energy is likely to deliver 20% of the entire electricity demand in the European mix by 2030. In terms of the trajectory we are on in Ireland, being pessimistic, I think we could probably deploy between 3.5 GW to 4 GW by 2030. Being optimistic, it could be 8 GW. We are somewhere around 5 GW or thereabouts in terms of capacity.