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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...emissions which will be set out in this year’s revision to the Climate Action Plan. EirGrid estimate that in order to continue to meet the high standards of security of supply, while installing a high level of variable wind and solar renewable generation, approximately 1,500 – 2,000 MW of high efficiency and high availability generation is needed. This is required to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (23 Mar 2021)

Brian Stanley: ...regarding the report from the Secretary General, Mr. Mark Griffin. I must say it is very comprehensive. A study is being carried out regarding the potential use of the Lough Ree and Shannonbridge power plants. The just transition commissioner, Mr. Kieran Mulvey, requested a study be undertaken, according to the correspondence from the Secretary General. It sets out that a feasibility...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (10 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...grid will continue to evolve in a way that is not yet clear. We will develop new interconnection and grid technology. The super grid concept that has been discussed will allow us to shift power in different directions. It is new and innovative technology that will enable is to balance a grid. It is just one example of an area that I am confident will be central to meeting our...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...of our economy, including our heating and transport systems, means building a grid that can handle a high level of renewables which will be critical to our success.  The efficient connection of onshore wind, solar and offshore projects will be driven by regular competitive auctions under the renewable electricity support scheme, RESS, as well as enhanced...

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...

Seanad: National Climate and Air Roadmap for the Agriculture Sector: Statements (22 Feb 2021)

Lynn Boylan: ...allowed people to have control over them and they in turn had control over all of our energy systems. We have seen the implications of the geopolitics of that. New energy sources, such as wind and solar, are available everywhere. That means we have an opportunity to build a new decentralised electricity system. Small-scale solar, wind and hydro power sources can be owned by a wider...

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

Michael Collins: The Government committed in 2019 to raising the amount of electricity generated from renewable sources from 30% to 70% by 2030. We all know that wind and solar generation are the best way to reduce emissions with conventional fossil fuel plant playing an important role for many years to come by providing back-up and spare capacity as we move from fossil fuels to a cleaner future. I support...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (9 Feb 2021)

...€600 million project that we brought in on time and within budget. I am particularly proud of the work we did in setting EirGrid on a path to be a world leader in integrating wind energy in the power system. Since retiring in 2012, I have been active in a number of energy-related activities. On behalf of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, I chaired...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (4 Feb 2021)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) operate a grant scheme to help domestic customers who install rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) equipment on homes built and occupied before 2011. Details of eligibility criteria and how to apply are set out on the SEAI website. To date 4,810 applications have received grant support under the scheme with €11.75 million spent to date,...

Household Utility Bills Support: Motion [Private Members] (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: ...of Ireland. Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party have one thing in common: none of them is doing enough to tackle the scourge of fuel poverty in the jurisdictions in which they have power. There are three major influences on fuel poverty. First and foremost, there is income. Income has an immediate effect over the ability of a family to provide heating and...

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...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (22 Jan 2021)

Brian Stanley: ...wish the company and everybody associated with it well. On the ESB and Bord na Móna plants and the Department's role in the issue, the Lough Ree and Shannonbridge plants have stopped generating power. These plants are on the national grid and are strategically located. They are a plug-in point. There is deep concern that they either will not be used for anything or will be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2021)

Róisín Garvey: ...of the Environment, Climate and Communications. Finally, the Government will have the microgeneration payment coming back again. Many years ago, quite a few people took up the whole idea of solar power and making electricity themselves, which they could sell back to the grid. Unfortunately, a couple of governments ago that was stopped, but thanks to the hard work by the Minister, Deputy...

Covid-19 (Higher Education): Statements (14 Jan 2021)

Steven Matthews: ...homes, cut fuel bills and reduce harmful emissions, and in doing so we will also improve external air quality. We have seen poor air quality across Dublin in recent weeks. The installation of solar photovoltaic systems and battery banks will allow us to produce our own electricity. A public consultation was launched today by the Department of the Environment, Climate and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...32% with hydro at 2.8% and other renewables including biomass at 2.7%.     The Climate Action Plan included a commitment to deliver at least 3.5 GW of offshore wind by 2030, up to 8.2 GW of onshore wind and up to 1.5 GW of solar; the Programme for Government commits to a further increase in offshore wind deployment to 5 GW by 2030.The...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Data Centres (17 Dec 2020)

Joe O'Brien: ...digital and communications infrastructure for many sectors of our economy. The statement also noted that data centres pose considerable challenges to the future planning and operation of Ireland's power system. Such challenges arise in terms of renewable energy policy, generation adequacy, security of electricity supply and electricity customer costs. The programme for Government...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Alternative Energy Projects (17 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has previously supported biomass for generating power through the Renewable Electricity Feed-In Tariff (REFIT) schemes which have been closed for several years. These have since been replaced by the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS), which is a series of competitive auctions. The results of the first RESS auction were approved by Government in...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Directive: Motions (15 Dec 2020) See 2 other results from this debate

Eamon Ryan: ...it has launched the first auction under the transformational renewable electricity support scheme. This will see a major upscaling in renewable energy projects connecting to the grid from 2021, with, for the first time, solar energy and community-owned projects supplying homes across Ireland. Similarly, we are rolling out schemes to decarbonise and electrify our heat and transport...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Environmental Schemes (10 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...local and national low-carbon development, incorporating community outreach elements. Accordingly, the Government will prioritise the development of microgeneration, letting people sell excess power back to the grid by June 2021. We will ensure community energy can play a role in reaching at least 70% renewable electricity, which included a community benefit fund and a community...

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (9 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...have said it needs to be strengthened in a variety of ways. I do not have a problem with that. Looking at legislation and, where necessary, changing language and considering alternative provisions and powers is part of our deliberative process. It is up to the committee to decide but I imagine it will publish its report at the end of this week or early next week and I look forward to...