Written answers
Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Renewable Energy Generation
Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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168. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide updated figures on the installation of solar panels in homes, both new and retrofitted, to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41021/25]
Jennifer Whitmore (Wicklow, Social Democrats)
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250. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide updated figures on the installation of solar panels in homes, new and retrofitted, for Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43063/25]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 168 and 250 together.
The information requested which has been provided by the SEAI is set out in the following table. Please note that the retrofit figures represent grants provided through SEAI, while SPV on new homes are typically installed to meet Part L Building Regulation requirements.
Year | New Builds | Retrofitted (SEAI Grants) |
---|---|---|
2025 | 1,855 | 17,158 |
- 2025 data as of 21/07/2025
- Retrofitted data from SEAI grants only, and does not include potential retrofits outside of SEAI grant
- Data for newbuilds from the SEAI BER dataset BER dataset.
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