Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of new renewable energy capacity is expected to be delivered in each of the years 2023 to 2030, specifying the breakdown between onshore wind, solar pv and offshore wind, in tabular form. [20970/23]

Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of new renewable energy capacity is expected to be delivered in each of the years 2023 to 2030. [20971/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 109 and 110 together.

Under Climate Action Plan 23 the Government has committed to achieving 80% of electricity demand from renewable sources by 2030 and to reach at least 22 GW of installed renewable electricity generation capacity by 2030.

The 2030 targets for the individual renewable electricity technologies are:

Onshore Wind: 9 GW

Solar PV: 8 GW and

Offshore Wind: at least 5 GW, with a further 2 GW for green hydrogen / non-grid usage.

By 2025, 6 GW of onshore wind is targeted and up to 5 GW of solar.

This will require unprecedented levels of investment in renewable electricity generation development and in the infrastructure required to expand and strengthen our electricity grid.

The Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) is one of the main Government policies to deliver this renewable generation capacity, which led to 2022 being a record year for renewable sources being connected to the grid. The second RESS auction is expected to deliver an increase of nearly 20% in Ireland’s renewable electricity generation by 2025. The third RESS auction and first Offshore RESS auction are being held this year, with further auctions to be held in line with the RESS auction calendar.

I refer the Deputy to the published Indicative Schedule of RESS Auctions for further information on the timeline of further RESS auctions and the indicative volume of renewable electricity generation for each auction, RESS - Proposed Auctions Schedule - 86c32a4e-c3a1-4bda-9140-853e89a0f000.pdf (www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/251854/86c32a4e-c3a1-4bda-9140-853e89a0f000.pdf#page=null)