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- Other Questions: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme (6 Dec 2016)
Denis Naughten: ...this in mind, my Department is working on the development of a new renewable electricity support scheme, RESS. As part of this process, a range of renewable energy technologies will be being assessed, including solar photovoltaics, PV, and offshore wind power technology. It is widely recognised that solar PV technology is becoming cost competitive for electricity generation, not...
- Other Questions: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme (6 Dec 2016)
Timmy Dooley: ...the difficulties Ireland is experiencing in meeting its targets. As the Minister knows well, the scheme is unavailable in the case of many of the new important technologies in the generation of solar and offshore wind power. That makes Ireland one of the outliers among its European peers. Homeowners in other jurisdictions are able to make money from solar panels using feed-in tariffs....
- Other Questions: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme (6 Dec 2016)
Denis Naughten: ...The Deputy and his colleagues have been very critical of me in the past because of the cost of the public service obligation, PSO, levy. In approving the new technologies, be they offshore wind, solar or other technologies, the funds will come from consumers' pockets. We must be conscious of this. The difficulty is that there are enough applications within the system for solar...
- Other Questions: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme (6 Dec 2016)
Timmy Dooley: ..., the other technologies are exploratory. They are important, but they are going to be costly. However, the Minister is going to have to begin the process of looking at offshore wind projects and solar power and the sooner that happens, the better. It would be acceptable if he put some cap on it. Nobody is suggesting the entire stock in electricity generation be moved from one source...
- Other Questions: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme (6 Dec 2016)
Denis Naughten: ...forward the scheme as quickly as I can, but my immediate priority is the renewable heat incentive scheme. We have not been sitting on our laurels. We have been engaged with the Commission on solar costs and it has indicated that import levies on solar panels are likely to be lifted. One of the first things I did as Minister was to sign the North Sea agreement with all of the countries...