Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 805: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of alternative energy generation projects operational or pending throughout County Cork and Cork city; the length of time each project has been pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14502/10]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin South, Green Party)
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The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) has statutory responsibility for grid connection offers and for oversight of EirGrid's grid connection process including the Gate process for renewable energy. The EirGrid website contains a list of connected and contracted generators, both wind and non wind generators, and the locations of these throughout the country. EirGrid and ESB Networks have provided the following specific information relating to Cork City and County. The information covers the following: 1) Applications in the queue (with date of application received) – 44 projects 2) Applications successful in the CER's direction for Gate 3 (with date of application received) – 22 projects. 3) Contracted units (with date that the offer was signed) – 12 projects. 4) Connected units (operational projects) – 30 projects .

Details of the projects are shown below:

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Full details, on a project by project basis, of all connected generation plants and those with signed connection agreements are listed in the 'customer' section of the EirGrid website.