Energy Energy sector leaders call for ‘urgent reform’ of renewables support scheme following RESS-3 resultsThe third renewable energy support auction delivered the lowest volume of new wind and solar projects at the highest price to consumers to date
Energy Energy firms threaten to pull out of state renewables auctionFirms say structure of auction ‘unfair’, as price cap withheld until just before event
0.2% of agricultural land needed for solar to meet renewable energy targets, TDs told55 to 80% of land used for solar farms can also be used for agricultural purposes such as grazing, Irish Solar Energy Association says
Half of state-backed renewable projects are behind scheduleA total of 82 projects were successful in the RESS 1 auction process held in 2020, which are supposed to add 1,275 megawatts of renewable energy to the national power grid
Excess electricity from solar panels ‘not being used in the way it should be’Ireland’s residential electricity demand can be met by solar power, lobby group claims