Results 1-20 of 28 for solar power speaker:Simon Coveney

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...up of the numbers, we also need to match that with significant funding. At present, the funding we have is being used but the numbers are relatively small. We launched this new grant aid for solar panels in the summer and that money has already been used up. We are now under pressure to find more money to extend it. We put €13 million in place for the second half of the year and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...a very serious issue that we need to overcome. That is why the Government statement on data centres is very clear that any new data centre development has to show sustainability in how it can be powered in future. One of the reasons I think our offshore and onshore wind targets and commitments are so exciting is that not only are we decarbonising our electricity grid, but we are also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...project because it wanted it to be sustainable. Other companies are doing the same thing. One ask we have in new data centre development is for companies to look at making them sustainable from a power generation perspective. Increasingly, we will see large energy users, not just data centres but high-energy manufacturing in semiconductors and pharmaceuticals, try to reduce their...

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 Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...business location. The Shannon Estuary, for example, has the best grid connection in the country through two 400 kV lines out of Moneypoint. If we can bring 3 GW, 4 GW, 8 GW or 10 GW of power from the Atlantic Ocean into the Shannon Estuary then that location is likely to be a location for a significant cluster of industry that is potentially high-energy usage in terms of manufacturing,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...already planning for next winter by bringing new energy generation capacity onto the grid. I believe that in a few years, this will not be a significant issue because considerably more renewable power will both come onshore and be produced on land through solar and wind, so I expect the demand will be resolved. Nevertheless, there will be a few years when the grid management is tight. ...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Nov 2021)

Simon Coveney: ...bringing new technologies on stream, in particular around hydrogen, by the end of this decade. We are planning supply increases, including 5 GW of offshore wind, an extra 1.3 GW onshore, 1 GW from solar power, around 0.5 GW from microgeneration, which we have been talking about for years but have not managed to deliver, but I think we will, 1.45 GW from batteries and another 2 GW from...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Feb 2021)

Simon Coveney: ...six separate headings that the Department began implementing in late 2019. Among the Department’s undertakings is to invest across the Mission network in cost-effective sustainability upgrades such as solar panels, additional insulation, thermal glazing, LED lighting and other appropriate energy-efficiency infrastructure. In 2020, solar energy technology was installed at premises...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (6 Oct 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...assistance to alleviate the worst of this suffering, including through our support for UNRWA, which is a key provider of public services, health and education in Gaza. I have initiated an Irish-funded solar power project in Gaza, which will help improve water quality in the area. More recently, my Department allocated additional funding to support the medical response to COVID 19 in the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (28 Jul 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...assistance to alleviate the worst of this suffering, including through our support for UNRWA, which is a key provider of public services, health and education in Gaza. I have initiated an Irish-funded solar power project in Gaza, which will help improve water quality in the area. More recently, my Department allocated additional funding to support the medical response to COVID 19 in the...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (9 Jul 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...at the United Nations. Ireland is also a member of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, which allows immediate payment to Caribbean countries in the event of a hurricane or climate disaster. There is scope, too, for innovation in the climate space. For example, Ireland is investing in a solar-powered project in Palestine, in Gaza, in partnership with France which will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (27 May 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...to alleviate the worst of this suffering, including through our support for UNRWA, which is a key provider of public services, health and education in Gaza. I have initiated an Irish-funded solar power project in Gaza, which will help improve water quality in the area. More recently, my Department allocated additional funding to support the medical response to COVID 19 in the Gaza Strip. ...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (18 Dec 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...Emergency Sewage Treatment (NGEST) where I met with Minister Mazen Ghunaim to formally launch Ireland’s investment in support of the water sector. Ireland will contribute €8.8 million to a joint project with France to build a solar power plant providing clean, reliable energy to the NGEST wastewater treatment plant. Water pollution is the leading cause of child mortality in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (10 Dec 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...Gaza Emergency Sewage Treatment (NGEST) where I met with Minister Mazen Ghunaim to formally launch Ireland’s investment in support of the water sector. Ireland will contribute €8.8 million to a joint project with France to build a 7.5mW solar power plant providing clean, reliable energy to the NGEST wastewater treatment plant. Water pollution is the leading cause of child...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (3 Dec 2019)

Simon Coveney: ..., particularly in Gaza. Ireland has so far provided €5 million to UNRWA in 2019, with additional funding of €2 million in the process of being disbursed. I have also initiated an Irish-funded solar power project in Gaza, which will help to alleviate the critical shortage of power in Gaza. The power generated will be used to improve water quality in the area. However,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (20 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...assistance to alleviate the worst of this suffering, including through our support for UNRWA, which is a key provider of public services, health and education in the area. I have also initiated an Irish-funded solar power project in Gaza, which will be co-located with a waste water facility and will help improve water quality in the area, and thus also quality of life. However, the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (12 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...to alleviate the worst of this suffering, including through our support for UNRWA, which is a key provider of public services, health and education in the area. I have initiated an Irish-funded solar power project in Gaza, which will be co-located with a waste water facility and will help improve water quality in the area. However, the roots of the problem in Gaza are political and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (16 Apr 2019)

Simon Coveney: ...total funding in 2018 to €9 million. In 2019, our increased support to the Palestinian people will include the expansion of the programme of scholarships for Palestinian students, and the delivery of solar power in Gaza to help to alleviate the critical shortage of power. The situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory will remain high on my agenda and I am...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Israeli Settlements (4 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: ...in our view. This includes structures provided by the EU or its member states as humanitarian relief in the form of emergency shelters for people or animals, schools, and structures for water and power supply, such as water tanks and solar panels. Ireland is a member of the West Bank Protection Consortium, comprising nine EU members plus the ECHO Directorate General of the European...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid Provision (4 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: ...assistance and legal aid. Funding of €200,000 was provided to the Consortium in 2018. A further €75,000 will be provided this year to support the Israeli-Palestinian NGO, COMET-ME, which provides potable water and solar power to isolated communities at risk in the West Bank. Ireland also supports initiatives in the area of peacebuilding, aimed in particular at sharing...