Results 1-4 of 4 for solar power speaker:Christopher O'Sullivan
- Anaerobic Digestion (National Strategy) Bill 2023: First Stage (25 Oct 2023)
Christopher O'Sullivan: ...in a big way to climate change. Onshore wind is a well-developed renewable energy. Offshore wind is years away, particularly floating offshore wind. Obviously, we are trying to roll out solar energy as well. We have an opportunity for different sectors, including agriculture and industry, and even in the home, to contribute to our journey towards emissions reductions. I will give the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (24 Jan 2023)
Christopher O'Sullivan: I welcome the Taoiseach back to the hot seat and wish him the best of luck. On solar energy, the Climate Action Plan 2023 has a new ambition of 8 GW of power from solar photovoltaic, PV, sources, which is up from 5.5 GW. A large portion of that is going to come from the farming community and farm buildings. Farmers are up for this. They want it and are very interested in it, as we can...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)
Christopher O'Sullivan: ...with delivery, some of which were alluded to, including cost and the different aspects of it. One of the aspects that has been highlighted by some of the projects is connection to the closest power station. The solar farm might be located in one location but the power station may be located, in some cases, a kilometre away. In most cases, that will require the laying of a cable between...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and COP26: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Oct 2021)
Christopher O'Sullivan: ...love to know if the Government has a plan to accelerate that. There are steps and procedures that can happen at a really fast pace and which we can implement straight away, particularly for solar power in our education facilities and schools. We could roll out solar in our schools overnight. The schools are high energy users in many respects. Some type of emergency legislation could...