The REFIT 3 (Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff) scheme closed at the end of 2015 and was designed to incentivise the addition of 310 MW of renewable electricity from biomass technologies to the Irish electricity grid.
My officials are continuing to liaise with the remaining non-compliant REFIT 3 applicants for outstanding documentation required in order to be eligible for this Scheme. REFIT 3 applicants have until the 31st December 2017 to submit this documentation. Currently 254 MW (amounting to 82% of the capacity available) of renewable electricity projects are compliant under the REFIT 3 scheme and have received a letter of offer from my Department. However, not all of these projects are fully operational and exporting energy as yet and therefore not all are currently in receipt of payments via the REFIT 3 Scheme. Projects must be operational by September 2019 to be eligible for REFIT 3 support.