Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 April 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) Bill 2023

Ms Catharina Sikow-Magny:

In the regulation, we do not differentiate the type of wind generation along these lines. A question for Ireland to consider might be if the community-owned wind parks are on the market or are they producing energy for the self-consumption of the communities that own them. I say this be because if it is a case of self-consumption-----