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Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (8 Dec 2016)

Denis Naughten: ...was only one solution to the provision of renewable energy, namely, large-scale wind farms in the midlands. I want a complete review of our renewable energy policy. Onshore and offshore wind and solar energy are part of that - I never said solar was not - but I would be disingenuous if I told the farmers of this country that I will allow consumers to fund 5 GW of solar energy. To put...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (8 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: ...a few examples of what we could do. The first is an area where I am critical, albeit, again, it is not personal in respect of the Minister. We cannot continue to burn coal, peat or biomass for power generation. It is a fundamental law of physics that it sees two thirds of the energy going up the chimney as waste heat. Of the energy we use in this country, 16% is wasted completely by...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (8 Dec 2016)

Maureen O'Sullivan: ...we do our bit to recycle and respect the environment and nature, we must acknowledge that it is a matter of life and death for people in the developing world. We in the developed world have the power to change this for them. We played a major role in terms of the sustainable development goals. Many of those goals are dependent on our getting climate change right. There is one goal...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (8 Dec 2016)

Thomas Pringle: ...volatile the ISIF lost €22 million in 2015, and €100 million in total over the past three years, on those investments. Imagine what this money could do if it were invested in renewable energy solutions, such as biomass or solar energy. It has recently been announced that renewable energy specialist Gaelectric is selling 14 Irish wind farms worth an estimated €400...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (8 Dec 2016)

Brian Stanley: I ask the Minister to look at this again. The Minister cited the expense of subsidising solar power. We recognise technology is advancing, but we ask the Minister to address this issue. If we are serious about meeting our renewable energy targets we must take brave and radical action. Sinn Féin believes the best way to develop renewable energy is in conjunction with local...