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This report is being published at an inflection point for both energy producers and consumers. Energy bill increases have been compounded by the war in Ukraine and its impact on fossil markets. Irish citizens will be entitled to payment for exporting power they generate themselves and rooftop solar planning restrictions are due to be eased. … Read more
Dublin-headquartered solar power developer BNRG is currently raising up to €115m of debt and equity, after doing an asset swap deal with former partner Neoen. BNRG founder David Maguire said the finance is the first part of its plan to raise €500m in total by 2025. The funding will be invested next year in developing … Read more
National grid operator Eirgrid confirmed on Friday that 80 projects have won contracts, with a guaranteed price for power, in the second Renewable Energy Support Scheme auction. The scheme is meant to aid the development of wind and solar electricity projects in the Republic. To view the RESS 2 Provisional Auction Results CLICK HERE.
Data centres and other high-energy businesses will be permitted to build direct power lines to solar and wind farms under new government plans. Currently, the 1999 Electricity Regulation Act states that solar and wind farms must generally connect to the national electricity grid to distribute their renewable energy. The renewable sector has complained that there … Read more
Installing solar panels on just 0.2 per cent of all agricultural land would enable Ireland to meet its renewable energy targets, the Irish Solar Energy Association (ISEA) told TDs and senators today. “Our estimate of the necessary solar contribution to meet Ireland’s renewable target entails using the equivalent of about one fifth of one percent … Read more
An Bord Pleanála has given the go-ahead to plans for a solar farm across a 300-acre site on farm land outside Kells in Co Meath. The appeals board has granted planning permission to Harmony Solar Meath Ltd to erect up to 734,000sq m of solar photovoltaic panels on ground-mounted steel frames on two parcels of … Read more
The cost of supplying electricity to Irish homes is “wildly out of line” with the rest of Europe, and the temporary VAT reduction fails to address the underlying causes of high costs, the Irish Solar Energy Association (ISEA) has said. ISEA, which was established in 2013 to advance a policy and regulatory landscape promoting solar as a … Read more
The 2022 SEAI National Energy Research, Development & Demonstration (RD&D) Funding Programme Call is now open for applications, with Government funding of €20 million available. The call will close at 12pm on Monday the 16th of May. Co-funding partners include the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Department of Transport, ESB Networks, Geological … Read more
“We need concerted action from Irish Government” says, Conall Bolger. CLICK HERE to view interview.