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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (30 May 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, Budget 2023 included the announcement for the provision of fully funded solar photovoltaic (PV) panels with an output of 6kW for all schools. This funding will be made available from the Climate Action Fund at the discretion of the Minister for the Environment. This significant solar PV programme, will assist schools with their energy needs and costs along with...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (31 May 2023)

Norma Foley: As the Deputy is aware, Budget 2023 included the announcement for the provision of fully funded solar photovoltaic (PV) panels with an output of 6kW for all schools. This funding will be made available from the Climate Action Fund at the discretion of the Minister for the Environment. This significant solar PV programme, will assist schools with their energy needs and costs along with...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy Guidelines (21 Mar 2023)

Charlie McConalogue: ...-farm renewable technology uptake and usage, grant aid is provided through TAMS to assist farmers in maximising their contribution to the production of renewable energy through the installation of Solar PV technology along with battery storage on Irish farms. The purpose of the Tams scheme is to enable farmers to consume solar PV generated electricity onsite to meet their farmyard...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (25 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...to take Questions Nos. 192 and 193 together.Earlier this year, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, (DHLGH) in consultation with my Department, completed a review of the solar panel planning exemptions set out in the Planning and Development Regulations, with a particular focus on facilitating increased self-generation of electricity. Consequently, the Planning...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Oct 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...and under the new CAP Strategic Plan, it is not permitted for excess energy generated by grant-aided investments to be sold to the grid. Energy generated can only be consumed on the holding. The solar PV systems currently grant-aided under TAMS include Solar PV Panels and Solar PV Rechargeable Batteries and Solar Panels (Solar Thermal) for water heating under the Pig and Poultry Capital...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...Ireland’s ambitious targets for micro-generation installations, under the Climate Action Plan. The MSS provides supports to both domestic and non-domestic applicants, in the form of grants for Solar PV installations, which are available through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), up to a maximum of €2,100. SEAI report that in 2023, the average size of a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (26 Apr 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Jennifer Whitmore: 313. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if electricity companies are currently paying customers for surplus solar energy being fed back onto the grid; the reason that some customers are currently not being paid by electricity companies for surplus solar energy; if electricity companies are obliged to pay for energy generated by solar; the amount of solar...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (31 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...-generators for exported electricity for the first time. This scheme will support the deployment of an expected 380 MW of new micro (50 kW) to support the deployment of rooftop and ground-mounted solar PV. Landowners and farmers in particular will benefit from the move to renewables as set out under Food Vision 2030 - which clearly recognises that the agriculture sector has a key role to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy - Wind, Solar and Biogas: Discussion (4 Dec 2019) See 1 other result from this debate

Jack Chambers: I thank Mr. Fitzgerald for his response. I will move on to the Irish Solar Energy Association. Mr. Maguire mentioned some legislative impediments. Will he outline what specific changes are needed in planning law to minimise the ongoing delays in the process? Will he give a trajectory of what he believes solar energy can contribute to reducing emissions by 2030 and by 2050 in a context of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Programme for Government (2 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government provides for the development of a Solar Energy Strategy for rooftop and ground-based photovoltaics (PV) to ensure that a greater share of our electricity needs is met through solar power. A number of steps as part of our overall approach to solar energy are under way. The development of grid scale solar energy has been sharply accelerated in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Water and Energy Connections in Rural Areas: Discussion (6 Dec 2023)

...of onshore wind energy, I note it has involved larger projects. The growth of renewables in the past 25 or 30 years has concentrated on wind and in recent years there has been a huge growth in solar energy. If we look back over that period, what has happened with solar is that the cost of solar photovoltaic, PV, panels has come down significantly, making them affordable for customers....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Implementation (17 May 2016) See 1 other result from this answer

Denis Naughten: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to facilitate the development of solar energy projects, recognising that solar energy has the potential to contribute to meeting Ireland's renewable energy objectives. This commitment builds on the Energy White Paper published in December 2015 and recognises that solar also has the potential to provide a community...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (12 Dec 2019)

Richard Bruton: ...-E) ambition of 70% by 2030. The Scheme is subject to state aid approval from the EU Commission. The Climate Action Plan targets the delivery of indicative volumes of up to 1.5 GW of grid scale solar by 2030. Utility scale solar energy farms will be critical to diversifying the renewable technology mix and to deliver gains through connecting hybrid renewable technologies. The volume of...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...grant aid through the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS II) to assist our farmers in maximising their contribution to the production of renewable energy through the installation of Solar PV technology along with battery storage on Irish farms. Solar energy for on-farm use is grant aided under the Animal Welfare Nutrient Storage and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (14 Jul 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...grant aid through the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS II) to assist our farmers in maximising their contribution to the production of renewable energy through the installation of Solar PV technology along with battery storage on Irish farms. Solar energy for on-farm use is grant aided under the Animal Welfare Nutrient Storage and Safety Scheme, Young Farmers Capital...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Electricity Generation (22 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...but I will read it if the Deputy could forward it on to me. I will happily respond to the Deputy once I have read and reviewed it. I agree with the Deputy. Roof after roof in the North has solar PV panels and it is not exactly the sunniest place on the planet. We have failed to do that in the South. During my previous term in this office, 12 years ago, we introduced a microgeneration...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Incentives (16 Dec 2016)

Denis Naughten: The primary support for renewable energy technology  is a support tariff for energy generated and grants or grant aid are not provided for the construction of facilities such as solar farms. The Programme for Government contains a commitment to facilitate the development of solar energy projects in Ireland. This builds on the Energy White Paper published...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (31 May 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...grant aid through the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS II) to assist our farmers in maximising their contribution to the production of renewable energy through the installation of Solar PV technology along with battery storage on Irish farms. Solar energy for on-farm use is grant aided under the Animal Welfare Nutrient Storage and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (31 Mar 2022)

Charlie McConalogue: ...2021, the microgeneration support scheme, MSS, was launched. It supports the deployment of an expected 380 MW of new micro power - that is, up to 50 kW - through rooftop and ground-mounted solar photovoltaic cells, PV. Landowners and farmers, in particular, will be able to benefit from the move to renewables, as set out under Food Vision 2030, which recognises that the agricultural...