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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Energy Prices (12 Oct 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...invest in mitigating their exposure to price volatility, and invest in decarbonisation at the same time. Minister Ryan and I amended the Non-Domestic Microgen Scheme to facilitate access to solar power for businesses while SEAI's Support Scheme for Renewable Heat offers generous grants on heat-pumps and biomass use, and the Green Transition Fund is available for manufacturers through...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges Facing the Fruit and Vegetable Industry: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

...other part of Europe, heat would be applied as well. At the moment, there are two forms. We get our heat from the traditional boiler method - gas. We are lucky enough to have a combined heat and power, CHP, unit. That unit is classed as renewable energy. You use the gas but from that gas, heat and electricity are produced. There are two elements. From the gas going in, you get...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Rose Conway-Walsh: .... Sinn Féin recognises that the causes and effects of climate change are not equally shared. The wealthiest 10% of the population emits nearly as much as the bottom 50%. At the heart of any green transition must be fairness. The only way we are going to deal with the climate emergency is through transformational and brave leadership, empowering households, communities and various...

Seanad: Budget 2024 (Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform): Statements (10 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Pauline O'Reilly: ...set of policies backed up with money. The Minister of State has gone through the detail himself but a number of things stood out to me, one of which is about microgeneration. There has been a solar revolution in this country that has been brought about because people really care about the environment and about making sure they have something cost-effective when it comes to energy. They...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Yield (5 Oct 2023)

Paul Murphy: .... However, the question is whether to use those windfalls now to invest in capital expenditure by building a State construction company and investing in climate adaptation, such as retrofitting, solar panels, renewable power and so on. We should make capital investment but, in doing so, shift our economy onto a different track.

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Sep 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...this being the construction of renewable generation sources and their successful integration into the electricity grid. Onshore wind continues to be the dominant form of renewable generation, and solar photovoltaic is a growing source and is rapidly transforming our energy system. Ireland has immense potential for offshore wind generation which will start to be realised in the second...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (28 Sep 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Ossian Smyth: One good thing about solar PV is that it is very quick to deploy. It only takes a couple of days to install it and it does not take a lot of experience or training to put up the panels. Obviously, you need a registered electrical contractor to connect it to your system but it is a rapidly deployable technology, which is why 30,000 homes have already received it. It is not just the 0%...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (28 Sep 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Ossian Smyth: ...our 2030 commitments. As part of our sectoral emissions ceilings, we are to decarbonise our electricity sector by 75% by 2030. This will require a large quantity of onshore and offshore wind and solar power. We have published an auction programme calendar out to 2025, we have continuous engagement with the industry and I am always available to meet any of the industry players. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: 2022 was a record year for renewables connections to our electricity grid with 700 MW of new renewable generation capacity being added, including 330 MW of onshore wind and 370 of solar PV. It is expected that 2023 will continue this trend with significant amounts of renewable generation connecting to the grid as the remaining RESS 1 projects reach their final milestone and early RESS 2...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (28 Sep 2023)

Richard Bruton: 138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of solar panel installations which are now selling surplus power back to the grid, distinguishing household suppliers, farm or business suppliers; if he has conducted a survey of the price being earned per kilowatt hour, and if he will indicate how he expects this practice to evolve in the coming years....

Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (27 Sep 2023)

Darren O'Rourke: ...outlook predicted "a challenging outlook for Ireland with capacity deficits identified during the 10 years to 2031” and that “in the short term the deficits will increase due to the deteriorating availability of power plants, resulting in their unavailability ahead of intended retirement dates". Just last week the media reported that industry sources stated that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: SME Energy and Carbon Demands, Green Initiatives and Technology: Discussion (27 Sep 2023)

David Stanton: ...they have had with the energy providers with respect to their involvement in assisting companies to reduce costs and, in particular, reduce the use of energy. With respect to companies using solar power, are there issues if the use of solar panels leads to a huge reduction in the purchase of electricity from a company? Can they be penalised if the amount of energy they use from companies...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Impact on Carbon Budgets of Trend Towards Heavier and Larger Vehicles: Discussion (26 Sep 2023)

...as quickly as possible those areas where the majority of emissions exist. On electricity, we are at the worst point in terms of carbon intensity because in future, there is great potential from solar and wind. Renewables are becoming very cost competitive. What is happening in the power sector is not worrying because, on one hand, renewables are becoming cost competitive while, on the...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

Ossian Smyth: ...in this Bill are deemed appropriate to capture the windfall gains while maintaining positive investment signals. We are trying to transform our entire electricity system. We need offshore renewable investment, solar farms and a stable investment environment so that people choose Ireland as a country to come into. We have taken a more punitive approach to companies than most countries,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Proposed Changes to River Shannon, Grand and Royal Canals and River Barrow Navigation By-laws: Discussion (21 Sep 2023)

...is not as if it can be paid out over the year in instalments so this has made a lot of people very worried. The vast majority of boat dwellers on the canals are living on the grass bank. They generate their own power with solar panels and wind generators. All they really require from Waterways Ireland is pump-out facilities for sewerage and water and for the navigation to be kept in...

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Statements (13 Jul 2023)

Seán Fleming: ...that we continue to do so. I also believe we should recognise that this is a key issue. We have made a number of investments in that area to improve people's lives. For example, we have being working on a major solar power-generated treatment system in Gaza in the past two to three years to provide emergency sewerage treatment to improve the daily quality of life and health of the...

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

Eamon Ryan: ...decade, with a major reason for this being the construction of renewable generation sources and their successful integration onto the grid. Ireland is in the top five globally for installed wind power capacity per capita and is a world leader in the integration of variable renewable electricity onto the grid. Ireland currently has approximately 5.2 GW of renewable generation capacity...

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...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...farmers and not against them, one that respects rural and coastal communities, and has to be a law that does not conflict with climate action and with the things we want to do in installing wind power, solar power etc. As a Government we have signed up to a version of that law agreed by the European Council. Around the European Council table there are many EPP Prime Ministers and I...