Results 1-20 of 21 for solar power speaker:Noel Dempsey
- Kyoto Protocol: Motion (3 Apr 2007)
Noel Dempsey: ...100 applications. Last week I announced that the programme had been expanded to allow community, voluntary and school groups to apply and to broaden the range of eligible technologies to include solar and heat pumps. The ReHeat programme will cost â¬26 million over five years and complements an â¬11 million CHP grants programme which I introduced last year. Underpinning these...
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (27 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: ...will be further addressed in the forthcoming Climate Change Strategy. Among the key relevant 2020 targets are: 33% for electricity consumption from renewable sources; 800MW from combined heat and power; 500MW installed ocean energy capacity; 20% energy savings; 12% renewable share in heating; and 10% biofuels in road transport. Achieving these targets requires the widescale commercial...
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (7 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: ...overall project sizes. A sum of â¬22m was originally made available for this scheme to 2010 and in Budget 2007 a further â¬4m was added to the programme, which is now being expanded to include solar and other renewable technologies, and to allow community and voluntary groups to avail of the grants. On 3 August 2006 I launched an â¬11m grants package for Combined Heat and Power (CHP)...
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (21 Feb 2007)
Noel Dempsey: ...assistance for a total of 11,000 such installations under this scheme. An indicative breakdown of the number of heat microgenerators approved for funding to date is as follows: Heat Pumps 3080; Solar Thermal Panels 2970; Wood Biomass Heating 4950. Under the SEI House of Tomorrow Programme, funding has to date, been approved for the following numbers of renewable heat microgeneration...
- Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (20 Feb 2007)
Noel Dempsey: ...: the â¬47m 'Greener Homes' domestic renewable heat grants programme is providing grants for householders for the purpose of installing renewable heating including wood biomass boilers and stoves, solar panels and heat pumps; he â¬26m Bioheat grants programme provides grants for commercial scale wood biomass boilers aimed at the business and services sectors and is currently being...
- Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (14 Feb 2007)
Noel Dempsey: The support programmes put in place by the Government have more than doubled the combined generation capacity of clean renewable energy powered electricity generating plants connected to the electricity network in the last three years. The related EU target is set out in "Directive 2001/77/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 September 2001 on the promotion of electricity...
- Biofuels (Blended Motor Fuels) Bill 2007: Second Stage (13 Feb 2007)
Noel Dempsey: ...sectors. The greener homes domestic renewable heat grants programme provides grants for householders for the purpose of installing renewable heating, including wood biomass boilers and stoves, solar panels and heat pumps. The overall funding available for this scheme over the five-year period to 2010 is now â¬47 million, which includes the additional â¬20 million I secured in budget...
- Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (7 Feb 2007)
Noel Dempsey: ...overall project sizes. A sum of â¬22m was originally made available for this scheme to 2010 and in Budget 2007 a further â¬4m was added to the programme, which is now being expanded to include solar and other renewable technologies, and to allow community and voluntary groups to avail of the grants. On 3 August 2006 I launched an â¬11m grants package for Combined Heat and Power (CHP)...
- Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2006)
Noel Dempsey: ...of the enthusiasm with which the public has embraced the programme. Since March almost 10,000 applications have been received for grant aid toward the purchase of wood pellet boilers and stoves, solar panels and heat pumps. The level of interest in the scheme has been very encouraging and a strong endorsement of the Government's policy to increase the deployment of renewable energy...
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (21 Nov 2006)
Noel Dempsey: ...: The â¬27m 'Greener Homes' domestic renewable heat grants programme is providing grants for householders for the purpose of installing renewable heating including wood biomass boilers and stoves, solar panels and heat pumps. The â¬22m Bioheat grants programme provides grants for commercial scale wood biomass boilers aimed at the business and services sectors. The â¬11m Combined Heat...
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (14 Nov 2006)
Noel Dempsey: ...: the â¬27m Greener Homes domestic renewable heat grants programme is providing grants for householders for the purpose of installing renewable heating including wood biomass boilers and stoves, solar panels and heat pumps; the â¬22m Bioheat grants programme provides grants for commercial scale wood biomass boilers aimed at the business and services sectors; the â¬11m Combined Heat and...
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (19 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: ...: The â¬27m "Greener Homes" domestic renewable heat grants programme is providing grants for householders for the purpose of installing renewable heating including wood biomass boilers and stoves, solar panels and heat pumps; the â¬22m Bioheat grants programme provides grants for commercial scale wood biomass boilers aimed at the business and services sectors; the â¬11m Combined Heat...
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (19 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: ...heat grants programme, which was launched in March this year, is providing grants for householders for the purpose of installing renewable heating including wood biomass boilers and stoves, solar panels and heat pumps. In the 26-week period, up to 25 September 2006, since the Greener Homes Scheme was launched, a total of 7,716 applications have been received for grant aid and of these...
- Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (27 Sep 2006)
Noel Dempsey: ...27 million "Greener Homes" domestic renewable heat grants programme is providing grants for householders for the purpose of installing renewable heating including wood biomass boilers and stoves, solar panels and heat pumps. The â¬22 million Bioheat grants programme provides grants for commercial scale wood biomass boilers aimed at the business and services sectors; The â¬11 million...
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (4 May 2006)
Noel Dempsey: On 27 March I launched the "Greener Homes" grant aid package for the domestic sector which includes funding for wood chip and wood pellet boilers and stoves, solar and heat pump technologies. Grant aid of â¬1,100 to â¬6,500 will be provided depending on the individual technology used. The focus of the domestic grants scheme is on renewable energy for heating purposes with the specific...
- 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 — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (25 Jan 2006)
Noel Dempsey: ...sectors; grants for householders â a grant aid package for the domestic sector, which will provide for individual grants to install renewable energy technologies including wood pellet boilers, solar panels and geothermal heat pumps; and combined heat and power â a grant aid package to incentivise the installation of combined heat and power in the industrial, commercial and public...
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (25 Jan 2006)
Noel Dempsey: ...the development of renewable energy. The new renewable energy feed in tariff, REFIT, programme, which I intend to launch shortly, will assist developers to construct new renewable energy powered electricity generating plants. The programme, which will cost in the region of â¬119 million over 15 years, will contribute to the doubling of renewable energy technologies in terms of total...
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (16 Nov 2005)
Noel Dempsey: ...amount of support under Sustainable Energy Ireland's renewable energy research, development and demonstration programme. Among the specific projects addressed to date are: a combined heat and power system, using sawmill residues at Grainger Sawmill in Cork; a 100 KW wood chip and pellet boiler at Coillte's headquarters â this 100% sustainable, timber constructed building has incorporated...
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (12 Oct 2005)
Noel Dempsey: ...support under SEI's renewable energy research, development and demonstration, RERD&D, programme. Among the specific projects addressed to date are funding of â¬732,000 towards a combined heat and power system, using sawmill residues at Grainger sawmill in Cork. The plant is designed to generate both 1.83 MW electrical energy and 3.5 MW of thermal energy in a single process. Funding of...