Richard O'Donoghue (Limerick County, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Businesses trying to build an enterprise on green energy are having obstacles put in their way. I understand that it is proposed in a Bill on Committee Stage to introduce planning regulations that will allow 60 kW of solar panel power generation. That is not sustainable for any business because any business needs 100 kW of solar panel power. Any house that was built in the 1980s and 1990s would have run on 12 kW of energy. Any house built from the 2000s onwards with heat pumps and geothermal heating needs 16 kW of energy. Yet, businesses are being capped at producing 6.5 kW if they want to help, even though they can produce 20 kW to help and give more back to the grid. The Government has regulated that 6.5 kW is the maximum they can produce. That is not going to help in the case of people trying to ensure there is renewable energy for somebody else. It is an absolute joke what the Government is doing to the people of Ireland at a time of crisis with electricity bills.

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