Featured in Down to the wires 06-2024

Ireland: Bureaucratic barriers

The obstacles the Irish solar market faces mainly involve red tape, according to industry insiders. The country is heading into its fourth renewables auction support scheme, the results of which will be announced in September 2024.

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Blathnaid O’Dea

10 Jun 2024

Ireland is targeting 8 GW of solar by 2030. | Photo: ib vogt

Solar accounts for 1.4 GW, or 29.4%, of the next batch of projects to come online through Ireland’s Enduring Connection Policy (ECP) process, under which sites connect to the grid. There are an additional 541 MW of solar-plus-battery hybrid sites in the pipeline, so 41% of the next batch could be solar-powered.Grid problem“We need more network to …

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