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Additional power needs new generation units and renewables, wind farms and solar arrays being the favoured options.
Over the first 10 months of the year, 14% of wind energy production was wasted because of record levels of constraints on the electricity grid.
Wind Energy Ireland maintains that the refusal rate for projects by An Bord Pleanála has increased significantly in recent months due to anti-wind County Development Plans.
The sector urgently needs resources to address these issues if Ireland is to avoid the billions of euros in climate fines that are imminent, according to Paul Gallagher of EDF Renewables Ireland.
Provisional results from the fourth round of the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme show that 27 wind and solar projects have successfully secured 15-year Government support.
Stephen Robb runs through some of the key renewables news stories of the week across Ireland and beyond.
This week’s brief runs though the latest news in the renewables industry including an overhaul to gas markets, 2030 energy target overshoot and solar farm appeals
Stephen Robb visited Plaswire in Lurgan, Northern Ireland, where they are addressing one of the biggest challenges in the wind industry: recycling turbine blades.
The rise of anti-wind farm sentiment is impacting the number of successful planning appeals according to the lobby group, Wind Energy Ireland
