Tom Hayes (Tipperary South, Fine Gael)
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Question 402: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a grant is available for site construction and installation of wind turbines on farms; the maximum amount of same; and if there is an ongoing annual grant provided once the wind turbine farms are in place for maintenance purposes. [27434/11]

Pat Rabbitte (Dublin South West, Labour)
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There is no capital grant scheme for the construction or maintenance of wind turbines.

REFIT – the renewable energy feed in tariff – is the scheme which supports new renewable generation from wind. The second phase of the REFIT scheme is currently awaiting State Aid clearance. The tariff provides a guaranteed floor price over 15 years for new renewable generators for metered electricity which is exported to the grid.