Mr. Nicholas Tarrant:

Yes. We have mentioned the larger scale projects, the grid-scale connections, and the 94,000 domestic rooftop projects. In between the two of those, which are bigger than the rooftop solar for a domestic house, we have two categories of projects called mini-generation and small-scale generation. The size of those projects are set out in our opening statement. The two of them can run up to 200 kVA.

In late 2021, we commenced a pilot mini-generation scheme. Since then we have seen a growth in the number of people applying for those connections, which has been up to 2,400 or more. We have included an appendix in our submission, and that includes farms that are looking to put in solar and have already put in solar. They are being grant assisted through the TAMS grants that were launched in early 2023. That is providing grant support for those installations. We are seeing many examples of farmers, particularly for high electricity users like dairy farms, of which there are approximately 15,000 in this country, looking to manage their energy consumption and energy bills by installing solar panels. We expect to see that grow considerably over the years ahead.

We have set out the process for applying for those connections on our website. Mr. Emerson, who is seated to my left, is the person who co-ordinates that process centrally for us in ESB Networks. We expect many more farmers to avail of the grant scheme and install solar on their farms over the years ahead. We are already seeing positive developments in that area.