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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2022

Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Questions (279, 280)

Rose Conway-Walsh

Question:

279. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average percentage share of the overall electricity generation produced by projects under the renewable electricity support scheme; the anticipated share of renewable electricity support scheme supported projects in overall electricity generation by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20152/22]

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Rose Conway-Walsh

Question:

280. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a list of all renewable electricity support scheme projects by the county in which each project is based; the amount of support allocated to each in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20153/22]

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I propose to take Questions Nos. 279 and 280 together.

The Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) is one of the major Government policies to help deliver on the ambition in the Climate Action Plan 2021 of up to 80% renewable electricity by 2030. The RESS is an auction-based support scheme. It invites grid-scale renewable energy generation projects to compete to receive a guaranteed price for the electricity that they generate.

This support will be for a period of up to 16.5 years under a two-way floating feed in premium. This means that projects receive the price they bid in at, which for RESS-1 projects was an average of €74.08/MWh. The details of individual project supports under the Public Service Obligation Levy are a matter for the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU).

Over 1GW of new wind and solar generation was secured in the first RESS auction (RESS 1) in 2020. Projects are expected to reach commercial operation between 2022 and 2023, and are required to be operational before the end of 2023 at the latest.

The below table shows the breakdown of RESS 1 projects by county is included below.

County

Total Projects

Solar Projects

Wind Projects

Amount in MW

Carlow

1

0

1

0.5

Cavan

1

0

1

23.06

Clare

2

0

2

23

Cork

15

13

2

81.69

Donegal

3

0

3

71.2

Galway

3

2

1

8.9

Kerry

1

1

0

4

Kildare

2

2

0

17.99

Kilkenny

3

3

0

11.99

Longford

1

1

0

8

Louth

1

1

0

3.99

Mayo

4

1

3

106.3

Meath

7

7

0

291.13

Offaly

3

1

2

113

Tipperary

3

2

1

89.326

Waterford

4

3

1

53.35

Wexford

7

7

0

129.92

Wicklow

2

2

0

12

Totals

63

46

17

1049.346

Question No. 280 answered with Question No. 279.
Question No. 281 answered with Question No. 246.
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