Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 April 2022
314. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of solar panel units that have been installed to date which currently feedback energy to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20707/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraUp to the end of February this year the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has supported the installation of domestic Solar PV for 9,674 homes and 380 community projects. The average size of an installed system was 2.8kW. An installed capacity of domestic Solar PV of 36.9 MW has been achieved. We expect that the SEAI will support a further 6,600 homes in 2022 to install solar PV. ESB Networks (ESBN) have stated that 22,448 micro generators have registered with them for export of renewable electricity, with the vast majority of these installations comprising of solar PV.
