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Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Motion (26 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: ...while continuing to use gas and coal produced elsewhere in the short term because we have not developed replacement energies. We must develop a wide variety of renewable sources such as offshore wind, solar, microgeneration, biogas, biomass and hydro energy. What solutions have been put forward in the House? The major solution currently being put forward seems to be to introduce another...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Discussion (5 Mar 2019) See 5 other results from this debate

Brian Stanley: ...pumps in homes will lead to electricity consumption increasing dramatically. Allowing ordinary households and businesses produce their own energy means lower energy bills and higher rates of renewable power across the State. We need to switch from fossil fuels and we can do it by getting everybody involved, not just large-scale developers. Small-scale renewable energy has a part to play...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid Provision (27 Feb 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: ...residents during the “Great March of Return” protests last year. In 2019, Ireland is committed to increasing our support to the Palestinian people. We are working with the Palestinian Water Authority on the delivery of solar energy in Gaza to help alleviate the critical shortage of power there. This power shortage is crippling the Gazan economy and makes daily life and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (26 Feb 2019)

Eamon Scanlon: 489. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the energy saving grants available to SMEs and businesses; the grants available to SMEs and businesses for solar power system installation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9474/19]

Seanad: Progress in Relation to Climate Change: Statements (14 Feb 2019)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: .... This gas can be used in electricity generation, as a transport fuel, particularly for the haulage industry, and for heating. In electricity generation this form of on-demand indigenous lower emissions power can be used to complement intermittent sources of energy such as wind and solar power. An SEAI report from 2016 saw the potential to create 3,000 jobs in this sector in the coming...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Prohibition of Certain Products Containing Plastic Microbeads Bill 2018: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...to "creams, lotions or gels containing plastic microbeads designed, manufactured and sold solely for the purposes of application to the surface of a person’s skin to protect it from the harmful effects of solar ultraviolet radiation". When we questioned the officials, they said that there are no products available on the Irish market that fulfil that function and which contain...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (29 Jan 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: .... This will involve an expanded programme of scholarships for Palestinian students. I believe that Ireland can greatly increase its engagement with Palestine in this area. We are also working with the Palestinian Water Authority on the delivery of solar energy in Gaza to help alleviate the critical shortage of power there. This power shortage is crippling the Gazan economy and makes daily...

Seanad: Climate Action: Statements (24 Jan 2019) See 6 other results from this debate

Terry Leyden: ...remove subsidisation of onshore wind energy and subsidise offshore. I welcome, in particular, the announcement by the Department and the semi-State company, the ESB, on developing an offshore wind farm to power 280,000 homes and provide 100 jobs. That will be provided with a Belgian wind farm called Parkwind. It will provide a wind farm approximately 25 km off the coast of County Louth,...

Post-European Council: Statements (19 Dec 2018)

Seán Crowe: ...which are lying underdeveloped and unused. Even basic steps are being overlooked, with future development plans not being climate proofed. Simple steps like having a facility for homes which harness excess power to transfer that to the national grid is an obvious place to start. Sinn Féin introduced a Bill to do this in November, and the Government must continue to support its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Examination of the Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018) See 1 other result from this debate

Martin Heydon: ...getting a tariff for selling electricity back to the grid? Many farmers are seeking to produce and sell renewable energy as part of their business models by using, for example, rooftop spaces for solar power or other methods. When will they be able to produce and export to the grid?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (18 Dec 2018) See 2 other results from this debate

John Curran: ...will pay as we go forward from there. It is critically important that the key elements for which the Government has responsibility are implemented. The Minister spoke about microgeneration and solar power. One advance in renewable energy that has not happened is a growth in the significance of commercial solar power. In 2015, 0.01% of electricity was generated from solar power....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Alternative Energy Projects (18 Dec 2018) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Canney: ...will be aware, renewable energies now provide, on average, 30% of supply and the system can accommodate up to 65% penetration by renewables at any one time. Further work is under way to enable the power system to manage 75% of renewables in real time by 2020. This is material to the efficacy of managing variable renewable sources. It is our aim over the coming years to increase...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Suckler Beef Sector: Discussion with Irish Farmers Association (18 Dec 2018)

...win-win. We can reduce our carbon emissions and also costs on farms. Teagasc has set out a roadmap and highlighted three areas in which to seek improvements: land use, agricultural use and renewables. We have spoken about farm forestry. Anaerobic digesters and solar power are two key features. However, in that regard farmers have experienced a false dawn and been given false hopes...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Alternative Energy Projects (18 Dec 2018)

Brian Stanley: 102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the potential in ground-mounted and rooftop solar power to address some of the energy needs here; and the changes to regulations and planning needed to establish such energy sources. [53128/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (18 Dec 2018)

Alan Kelly: 509. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a feed in tariff to roll out domestic and commercial rooftop solar power; if he officially met with the CEO of SEAI since his appointment; if he met with the senior management of companies (details supplied) to discuss the barriers that are preventing deployment of renewables on the grid; and if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018) See 2 other results from this debate

...is currently building out what is effectively a refuelling infrastructure for compressed natural gas to target freight vehicles. If we can get biogas into the gas network in the way we do wind and solar electricity into the electricity network, we can have a renewable gas system powering our freight requirements. Hydrogen is another possibility, which is sometimes discussed in the context...

Climate Change: Statements (6 Dec 2018)

Catherine Martin: ...greenhouse gas emissions decreased marginally from 2016 to 2017, they are not falling fast enough. This change, which is less than 1%, can be primarily attributed to the reduced use of Moneypoint power station and a warm winter in 2017, rather than any new policy measures from Government. The bottom line is that we are way off target. It is not all doom and gloom. There is a path and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Dec 2018) See 3 other results from this debate

...to have both." In the Australian town of Port Augusta, unions worked with local businesses and citizens to develop their own just transition plan in advance of the 2016 closure of the town's coal-fired power station. Their research found that a solar thermal plant was the best option to enable a smooth skills transfer and ensure a long-term clean energy solution. The new solar plant...

Seanad: Annual National Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Terry Leyden: ...the world but for some reason, even though significant wind is generated off our shores, that option is not being pushed. I ask the Minister to respond to that. Furthermore, proposals to cover vast areas of land with solar panels are questionable at best. Will the Department provide grant aid and subsidies to developers of solar farms or would it be better to use that land to grow trees...

Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2018) See 6 other results from this debate

Martin Kenny: ...and Miriam Sheerin of offgrid.ie run a company called Eirbyte on the mountain at Aughnasheelin. They run courses for people teaching them how to build their own home wind turbines. They also sell solar panels and batteries and so on. I have known them for 20 years and they are magnificent people doing magnificent work around all of that. They have often said to me that there is a day...