Holly Cairns
Question:141. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of the RESS-2 scheme. [59901/21]
View answerTuesday, 7 December 2021
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This final Terms and Conditions for the second auction under the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) was approved by the Government on 27 October 2021 and is available here: www.gov.ie/en/publication/7f0bb-renewable-electricity-support-scheme-2-ress-2/
A revised, accelerated timetable was also approved, and was published by EirGrid in their role as auction operator.
The RESS 2 auction process commenced on 23 November with EirGrid publishing the Qualification Information Pack. The current timetable indicates that the Qualification Application process will open on 7 December with the auction scheduled to take place in May 2022 and final auction results due in June 2022.