Energy SEAI tighter grant scheme leaves lower-income households out in the coldHomeowners now face €4,000 insulation costs upfront rather than having builder claim back grant for them, meaning many can’t afford to do work
Five Degrees of Change ‘We are going to have to buy ourselves some time’ – Jim Scheer, SEAIThe 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
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
Climate & Environment Number of retrofits doubles after new grants are introducedThe 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
ESG Eurospar operator invests €2m in green overhaul of Irish storesFurey 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
Energy Renewable energy prices rise by more than 30% after latest state support auctionA 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.
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
Ireland on course to import its most electricity for a year since records beganThe country has imported 9 per cent of its electricity in the first eight months of the year
Ireland’s retrofitting programme lags behindThe number of home energy efficiency upgrades is tracking lower than for pandemic-hit 2020
DPD to invest additional €2m to electrify its fleetThe parcel-delivery firm aims to have 250 electric vans by 2025, and says the biggest challenge of switching is still cost
Banks have key role to play in boosting home retrofit activity, report findsWhile grants are available for some of the cost of energy upgrades, it makes good business sense for lenders to remove the remaining barriers
State’s retrofitting programme output fell by 31% last year Fewer people sought to use clean energy grants during pandemic
