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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff Scheme (9 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: ...designed within a competitive auction-based, cost effective framework and the scheme will provide for a renewable electricity (RES-E) ambition of 70% by 2030. Technology diversity, including solar PV and offshore wind, will occur naturally as the scheme matures and certain intervention levers may be used within each auction round to promote certain policy objectives such as community...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Feb 2015)

Caít Keane: ..., energy. The EU directive requires that by 2020, 16% of our energy must come from renewable sources. Only 7.1% of our energy comes from renewables. Today, Apple has invested $700 billion in solar energy and will create a plant in San Francisco, which will do good for the world and climate change. I congratulate Dublin City Council which also announced today that it will install solar...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (8 Mar 2006)

Noel Dempsey: ...underlines this Government's commitment to developing renewable energy potential. Under this package I intend to launch a range of innovative grant schemes relating to biofuels, combined heat and power, biomass commercial heaters and domestic heat grants. My Department in consultation with SEI, is currently developing a suite of programmes to rollout these initiatives. I intend to launch...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Alternative Energy Projects (4 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: ...designed within a competitive auction-based, cost effective framework and the scheme will provide for a renewable electricity (RES-E) ambition of 70% by 2030. Technology diversity, including solar PV and offshore wind, will occur naturally as the scheme matures and certain intervention levers may be used within each auction round to promote certain policy objectives such as community...

Seanad: Energy Security: Statements (2 Nov 2021)

Sharon Keogan: ...at nuclear options [...] I would not rule out anything because the climate crisis is so severe. We must look at every option. In truth, I do not see [...] nuclear energy developing in the way solar and wind energy is developing, with the costs coming down. It will never be competitive now - nuclear versus renewable - in our country because we have such a wind resource. When we discuss...

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

Charlie McConalogue: ...released Climate Action Plan 2021, Securing Our Future. In December 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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Chair-Designate (1 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: ...office buildings constructed in the 1960s and 1970s. Some of the newer buildings are highly energy efficient which creates greater business efficiency. What are Ms O'Neill's opinions on wind power, solar power and biomass? Is the number of wind farms being built and entering the grid sustainable? The first application granted by a local authority for a solar farm was recently...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018) See 3 other results from this debate

...the commercial price of electricity, some people will need a support price. We will see more in that regard after the outcome of the next renewable energy auction scheme when questions about how solar feeds into this situation, how much of it will be commercial and utility scale and how much will be small scale have become evident. When I spoke earlier, I referred primarily to wind power...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018) See 1 other result from this debate

...on the marginal abatement cost curve is the analysis we did for the national mitigation plan. I am happy to send that to the committee. We do not have specific research activity within MaREI on solar power. It is not one of the technologies we focus on. We see it emerging in our results, especially on the electricity side as one of the options as the price of solar power comes down....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (14 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...and storage (DACCS); and carbon storage in long-lasting products and materials will be eligible. The proposed scheme will be open to all land managers. While there is no offsetting in relation to solar energy, there are a number of initiatives to encourage the deployment of solar energy. Micro generation of solar energy is part of the Government's overall renewable electricity strategy....

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (6 Jul 2006)

Ciarán Cuffe: Question 286: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has conducted studies on the costs and potential capacity of domestic renewable energy power generation; his plans to introduce a grants scheme, similar to the greener homes scheme for renewable heat generation, for those wishing to invest in domestic wind and solar power generation...

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

Eamon Ryan: ...out a specific action to 'Ensure that hybrid technology grid connections are facilitated, and remaining barriers removed'. The objective of this action is to accelerate investments in renewable power by allowing more than one renewable power source or related technology, such as storage, to share a grid connection. This action is led by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU),...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (28 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...first Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) auction were approved by Government in September 2020, with 82 successful projects made up of 479MW of onshore wind energy projects and 796MW of solar energy projects. The Department issued notices of award for these 82 projects in September 2020. Four applications were received from applicants in County Mayo and all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: COP21: Discussion (18 Nov 2015)

Mr. Oisín Coghlan: I will reply on the practical questions raised. There are two aspects to the issue of China. It is still building coal fired power stations, only it is doing so less fast than it was. It is also now the largest investor in renewables in the world. It is taking pollution very seriously because it is seeing the local impact of local air pollution. The biggest...

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...

Measures to Assist with Household Bills: Motion [Private Members] (14 Sep 2022)

Richard O'Donoghue: ...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...

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...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (4 Nov 2021)

Ossian Smyth: ...waiting for the CRU to approve a scheme later this month and, after that approval is obtained, we will put in place a compensation scheme setting the amount of money a person will get per unit of power. The Deputy knows the will is there to do it. He will have seen there are solar panels on half the buildings in the North. They are further north and have less solar that we have. At...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (13 Nov 2019)

Kevin O'Keeffe: 194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the export of surplus power to the national grid by members of the farming community in view of the number of farmers that are now developing on-farm solar PV for their farm enterprises under the TAMS 2 scheme which is operated by the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine and that may...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...by 2030 and how we will develop the necessary skills base, supply chains, legislation, and infrastructure to enable it - Finalising and publishing the Wind Energy Guidelines; - Developing a Solar Energy Strategy for rooftop and ground, based photovoltaics, to ensure that a greater share of our electricity needs is met through solar power; - Continuing Eirgrid’s programme...