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Energy

SEAI tighter grant scheme leaves lower-income households out in the cold

Homeowners now face €4,000 insulation costs upfront rather than having builder claim back grant for them, meaning many can’t afford to do work
  • Michael Brennan
  • October 15, 2022
Five Degrees of Change

‘We are going to have to buy ourselves some time’ – Jim Scheer, SEAI

The head of data and insights for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland is the latest interviewee for the Business Post’s energy and environment podcast, in which he sets out the personal and political changes that he’d like to see result in a greener world
  • Daniel Murray
  • August 27, 2022
Housing

‘A nightmare’ as grant-aided retrofit project at family’s home remains unfinished

No new company is appointed after authority ends scheme with contractor in dispute while Conry family are now out of their Westmeath home for almost two years
  • Michael Brennan
  • July 2, 2022
Climate & Environment

Number of retrofits doubles after new grants are introduced

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland’s figures show there have been 18,750 applications for home energy upgrades so far this year, equal to the total number for all of last year
  • Daniel Murray
  • June 4, 2022
ESG

Eurospar operator invests €2m in green overhaul of Irish stores

Furey Smyth Group estimates it will take no more than seven years to achieve a return on its investment through energy savings from solar panels and ultra-efficient fridges
  • Lorcan Allen
  • May 28, 2022
Energy

Renewable energy prices rise by more than 30% after latest state support auction

A total of 1,948 megawatts were successful at this year’s RESS auction, which cleared at an average price of almost €100 per megawatt hour.
  • Lorcan Allen
  • May 20, 2022

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
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • October 27, 2021

Ireland on course to import its most electricity for a year since records began

The country has imported 9 per cent of its electricity in the first eight months of the year
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • October 14, 2021

Ireland’s retrofitting programme lags behind

The number of home energy efficiency upgrades is tracking lower than for pandemic-hit 2020
  • Daniel Murray
  • August 3, 2021

DPD to invest additional €2m to electrify its fleet

The parcel-delivery firm aims to have 250 electric vans by 2025, and says the biggest challenge of switching is still cost
  • Lorcan Allen
  • May 16, 2021

Banks have key role to play in boosting home retrofit activity, report finds

While grants are available for some of the cost of energy upgrades, it makes good business sense for lenders to remove the remaining barriers
  • Daniel Murray
  • February 9, 2021

State’s retrofitting programme output fell by 31% last year

Fewer people sought to use clean energy grants during pandemic
  • Daniel Murray
  • January 25, 2021

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