Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 250: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if grants can or will be offered to persons who wish to install a small wind turbine with a rotor diameter less than 2.5 metres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22807/06]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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Wind energy projects are currently supported on a community and commercial scale. Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) has published a study on the metering options for Small Scale Renewable electricity and Combined Heat & Power Generation (CHP) in Ireland. The study identified a number of areas which require further analysis including the ability of such processes to secure adequate payment for their exports; connection standards and processes for smaller generators, and the implications of the single electricity market for small-scale electricity generation. SEI is commissioning work to address these issues in 2006 and this will inform further policy decisions in relation to domestic wind turbines.