Results 141-160 of 485 for solar power

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Mar 2025)

Micheál Martin: The Government is very committed to doing that and the big story will be our success and the pace at which we can deliver offshore renewables and solar power, which will be the big game changers.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with the Deputy. There is significant potential for Mayo in the development of renewable energy power systems. In the auction process we had last year for the first renewable energy support scheme, four projects were successful in the county - three wind farms and one solar farm as I recall. All four are now going to construction. I understand there is another stream of further...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: School Equipment (5 Feb 2025)

Helen McEntee: The first phase of the Schools Photovoltaic (PV) Programme was launched in November 2023. The scheme provides eligible schools with up to 6 kilowatts peak of roof-mounted solar photovoltaic (PV) installations on their roofs, which equates to approximately 14 solar panels. Since the launch of the first phase of the programme late last year, more than 1,100 schools have been approved for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Apr 2025)

James O'Connor: Household electricity prices in the EU in 2024 were the highest in Ireland and the lowest in Finland. The reason for this is that Finland generates 35% of its energy from nuclear power. Ireland has a growing economy of more than 5.3 million people. Do we need another Ardnacrusha Shannon scheme moment a century on where we decide how we are going to power our economy? In my constituency of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Mar 2023)

...price of gas. There was an enormous rise in gas prices during the war in Ukraine but that price has come back down again. If farmers are to invest, they need certainty. There is also rooftop solar, in which farmers are absolutely willing to participate. Under TAMS III, which has been announced, there is a €90,000 ceiling on grant aid for farmers. The problem, however, is the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Prices (17 May 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...in order to connect, which was the standard anyway. I see data centres moving towards using biofuel instead of fossil fuels. Therefore, they have to play their part. With the development of solar, which is spreading very fast now, and the addition of batteries, we have taken VAT off solar panels and batteries. That battery combination with solar, with the smart control system, allows...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (28 May 2025)

Darragh O'Brien: The Programme for Government commits to promoting the Small-Scale Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (SRESS) to simplify market access for community owned solar and wind projects. The deployment of rooftop and ground-based solar PV ensures that a greater share of our electricity needs is met through solar power. The Renewable Energy Support Scheme (RESS) Community Enabling Framework...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Climate Change Advisory Council (12 Sep 2018) See 1 other result from this debate

...happen. However, we need Africa to decarbonise. The way this will happen is that we will raise the price of carbon in the developed world in order that it pays to develop technologies like wind, solar and electric cars and they become the cheap technology. Already in Chile, for example, they are deploying without subsidy a large amount of solar because the price has come down so much....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Oct 2022)

Paul Daly: ...would like to see the debate focused on the role of the energy companies in this potential and threatened crisis. I can give a number of examples. I have been contacted by somebody who installed solar panels and is prepared to supply energy to the grid. To get this energy accepted and paid for is an unbelievable task.The power generation company in question has no interest. It is...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Conservation (23 May 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...mentioned how difficult it was to reach the B2 standard, but it is possible to get grants that do not require people to do so. For example, it is possible to get a grant for attic insulation or solar panels. The grant for attic insulation is at 80%. There are a range of reasons to go for solar panels, including zero VAT, not requiring planning permission, being able to sell power back...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Réada Cronin: I wish to follow on from Deputy Whitmore's question on solar power for the medically vulnerable. What are the witnesses' opinions on the fact that storage batteries are not provided with panels? Is it not a waste not to have a battery provided at the same time, particularly for people who are medically vulnerable?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Regulation (25 Nov 2015)

Alex White: ...a series of gates i.e. Gate 1, Gate 2 and Gate 3. Smaller projects (less than 5 MW) can connect outside of the gate process (non GPA). A party that wishes to connect to the national grid (including solar energy on lands) must apply to the system operator (either Transmission System Operator, EirGrid, or the Distribution System Operator, ESB Networks). The CER has decided (CER/09/099...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (28 Apr 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...which will support the ambition set out in the Programme for Government of at least 70% renewable electricity by 2030. My officials have reviewed the referenced report, which was commissioned by the Irish Solar Energy Association (ISEA). Solar energy projects were a key part of the success of the recent RESS 1 auction and the Programme for Government commits to building on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (13 Jul 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...two onshore RESS auctions meant that 2022 was a record year for renewable electricity generation connections to the grid in Ireland. In 2022, an additional 330 MW of onshore wind, 370 MW of solar, and 80 MW of battery storage were connected to the grid. While over the first half of 2023, circa 90 MW of onshore wind, 10 MW of solar, and circa 75 MW of battery storage capacity were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals and Impact of Brexit on the Irish Energy Market: Discussion (28 Feb 2017)

...€800 million. The majority would be on networks in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. We also invest in wind, and as I mentioned earlier we have a joint venture with Kingspan on solar power. There are a number of other areas and I can get-----

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (11 Feb 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 205. To ask the Minister for Finance to examine the case for reviewing the 0% VAT treatment of solar power ancillary equipment (details supplied), to ensure that homeowners who face financial barriers to installing a battery upfront are not unfairly penalised for adding one later; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4542/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Apr 2025)

Noel McCarthy: ...if he will report on his Department’s role in the accelerating renewable electricity taskforce and the development of a policy framework to ensure a regional balance and distribution of renewable power such as solar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18049/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Oct 2024)

Micheál Martin: The guidelines are important. There are constitutional issues in terms of property rights and what owners of property may wish to do with it. There is also the balancing of the effective use of solar power vis-à-vis the necessity of food security and food production. The area of the country Deputy O'Connor mentioned is probably the best agricultural land in the country. Anyone who...

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (19 Oct 2006)

Billy Timmins: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of electricity generated by way of oil, gas, coal, solar power, wind, bio-fuels or other alternatives; the degree to which he intends to incentivise greater investment in alternative energy production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33574/06]

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (19 Oct 2006)

Bernard Durkan: Question 204: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the amount of electricity generated by way of oil, gas, coal, solar power, wind, bio-fuels or other alternatives; the degree to which he intends to incentivise greater investment in alternative energy production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33649/06]