Results 301-320 of 823 for solar power

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (9 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...In order to meet Ireland's target of up to 80% renewable electricity by 2030, very high penetration of variable renewable electricity on the grid will be required. Currently EirGrid operate the power system with up to 70% of renewable power at a given time, including onshore wind and solar. By 2030, this will need to rise to 95% in real time and higher. Increasing storage and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (4 Nov 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

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...

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Danny Healy-Rae: ...living on those roads are entitled to a good road to their doors, just the same as the people in Dublin 4. The carbon tax is wrong. Going back, the Government promised us that there would be a scheme for solar panels and for farm solar panels to boost energy and create electricity. I know of a farmer, who was on television this evening, who has created enough power using the solar...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Licences (2 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...draft policy recognises that we need to repair, reuse and recycle more minerals and metals but this alone will not supply the quantity of minerals required to decarbonise our energy system through solar power, renewable wind energy and batteries. Relying solely on imported minerals risks these activities being developed in parts of the world where less stringent environmental and human...

Seanad: Energy Security: Statements (2 Nov 2021) See 6 other results from this debate

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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (2 Nov 2021) See 1 other result from this answer

Eoin Ó Broin: 145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current position with customers who have, on the advice of Government. installed solar power and await a system to receive payment on return of excess to the grid. [52506/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (2 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...National Development Plan sets out that energy supply is vital for the proper functioning of society and the economy. It also notes that 700,000 customers rely on the natural gas grid to heat and power their homes and businesses. Natural gas currently generates half the electricity we use and the National Development Plan sets out the need for circa 2,000 MW of new conventional electricity...

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...

Energy Prices: Motion [Private Members] (6 Oct 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Canney: ..., including businesses, consumers and especially those in fuel poverty. When we talk about this and about what is going wrong, we sometimes put the cart before the horse. We closed down two power generation stations without having an alternative in place. Likewise, we are talking about offshore wind energy and reaping the benefits of all of this green energy but we do not have a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Electricity Generation (6 Oct 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...by electricity suppliers in this country. When a person signs up with a 100% renewable supplier, he or she is probably expecting that his or her electricity will be generated from wind, solar or hydro power but in reality, 100% renewable involves suppliers getting electricity from whatever dirty fossil fuel source they like and buying pieces of paper to offset the non-renewable...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty, Energy Security, Liquefied Natural Gas and Data Centres: Discussion (resumed) (5 Oct 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

...; and Mr. Rodney Doyle, our chief operations officer. I appreciate that we have been asked to appear before the committee to discuss some topics of current public interest relating to the power system, and I will address these matters directly in our submission. First, I wish to provide a short reminder of what EirGrid does and what we are about. We operate the power system on a 24-7...

Planning and Development (Climate Emergency Measures) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Sep 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Martin Kenny: ...stated that he could not guarantee that there would not be blackouts this winter. Under those circumstances, it makes no sense to proceed with data centres, which are one of the main consumers of power in our system. No one in the country can understand why we cannot pause and reflect on the situation. If this Bill passes Second Stage, it will go to Committee Stage where we will tease...

Climate Action: Statements (30 Sep 2021) See 4 other results from this debate

Michael Fitzmaurice: ...to achieve results. RTÉ did a report on the production of hydrogen at Moneypoint and it seemed as if the hydrogen and wind turbines were going out on the sea the next day. The reality is that power station is burning coal and it is going to burn coal for the next five years. This is the lunacy that we go on with. We build up something that is not attainable. Take battery storage,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (30 Sep 2021)

Jennifer Whitmore: 182. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will update planning regulations around solar power to enable schools and community buildings to obtain planning permission to install solar panels; if his attention has been drawn to the high costs of acquiring planning permission for community buildings; if he will consider exempting them in the same manner as...

Data Centre Moratorium: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Peadar Tóibín: ...shocked to listen to the interview of the Minister of State's leader on "Morning Ireland" earlier. I heard him make an argument for the extension of the lifespan of the coal-fired station in Moneypoint and the oil-fired power station in Tarbert. I asked myself the question: was this argument any different from the argument that would have been made by Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Sep 2021)

Lisa Chambers: ...a high bar for us to achieve as a country to achieve our emissions targets. We will try to get the Minister in to have a debate on that. Previously, the Senator brought a Bill to the House about solar panels in schools. There are clever ways we can work with education and address the climate challenge. Senator Boylan started by raising the manner in which Chris MacManus MEP was invited...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Seán Kyne: ...Group, GIG, having acquired Fuinneamh Sceirde Teoranta, the developer of a project off the west coast, namely, a proposal for a 400 MW offshore wind farm capable of generating enough energy to power the equivalent of up to 295,000 homes. This development was recently designated as one of seven developments with relevant project status by the Department of Environment, Climate Action and...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (21 Sep 2021) See 1 other result from this debate

Brian Stanley: ...will not be blackouts. However, we know that on those frosty, dark nights, the wind does not blow, so there are no wind turbines moving. We also know that there is no sun on those nights, so the solar panels will not work. Therefore, we are heavily dependent on the gas-generating stations and we know there are difficulties with that. We also know that there are plans to import some...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with the Deputy. There is significant potential for Mayo in the development of renewable energy power systems. In the auction process we had last year for the first renewable energy support scheme, four projects were successful in the county - three wind farms and one solar farm as I recall. All four are now going to construction. I understand there is another stream of further...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (9 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...for the Communities Energy Grant Scheme in 2021.  I am advised by the Sustainable Energy Agency of Ireland (SEAI) that the pharmaceutical manufacturer Ely Lilly received support under this Scheme for the solar PV installation referred to by the Deputy.  The solar installation was part of a project proposed by North Cork Enterprise (NCE) which also included the participation...