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Nov 19, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Cassandra Byrne |Byrne Wallace |Jarleth Heneghan |Fergus Devine
The Government published the General Scheme of the Heat
(Networks and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 (Bill) in early
November 2024 to support the nationwide roll-out of district
heating. What do you need to know?
The Bill is at the general scheme (or draft bill) stage. It will
be implemented on a phased basis following progression through the
legislative process and when enacted.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
williamfry.com | Cassandra Byrne |Ashley Hennessy |Jarleth Heneghan |Fergus Devine
The Government published the General Scheme of the Heat (Networks and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 (Bill) in early November 2024 to support the nationwide roll-out of district heating. What do you need to know? The Bill is at the general scheme (or draft bill) stage. It will be implemented on a phased basis following progression through the legislative process and when enacted.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
williamfry.com | Cassandra Byrne |Alex Needham |Ashley Hennessy |Fergus Devine
The Irish Government has approved the Terms and Conditions of Ireland’s second offshore wind auction under the offshore renewable electricity support scheme (ORESS). This marks another significant milestone in the development and pursuit of Ireland’s offshore renewable energy (ORE) ambitions. The ‘Tonn Nua’ (New Wave) auction site will be located off the south coast of Ireland and will be the first auction to take place under the new Government-led approach.
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Oct 9, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Brian Lenihan |Fergus Devine
The Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024
(Bill) aims to provide more certainty around the timeframe for
decisions on applications for licences from the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) for the energy, food, pharma, chemicals,
waste and other industrial sectors.
It will complement the statutory timelines being introduced
under the Planning and Development Bill 2023.
The EPA licencing application process is governed by the
Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (1992
Act).
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Oct 7, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Máire O’Neill |Fergus Devine |Brian Lenihan
The Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 (Bill) aims to provide more certainty around the timeframe for decisions on applications for licences from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the energy, food, pharma, chemicals, waste and other industrial sectors. It will complement the statutory timelines being introduced under the Planning and Development Bill 2023.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Fergus Devine |Máire O’Neill |Ciarán Herlihy |Colm Booth |David O'Shea
RESS 4 is the fourth auction held under the Irish Government’s Renewable Electricity Support Scheme. See our recap of RESS here. Provisional ResultsEirGrid has now published the provisional results of the RESS 4 auction. Statistics to note arising from the provisional results, include:1. A total of 56 projects applied to participate in the RESS 4 qualification process. Of these applications, 43 projects qualified, three projects did not qualify and ten projects formally withdrew from the process. 2.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
williamfry.com | Cassandra Byrne |Matthew Smith |Colm Booth |Fergus Devine
EirGrid, as Ireland’s Transmission System Operator, is responsible for ensuring the balance of supply and demand on the Irish electricity system. EirGrid does this by a process of directing energy generators to increase or reduce supply and/or directing demand response facilities to increase or reduce their demand (referred to as “dispatch” and “re-dispatch”) in accordance with Irish Single Electricity Market (SEM) rules.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Fergus Devine |Máire O’Neill |Ciarán Herlihy |Matthew Smith |Colm Booth
EirGrid, as Ireland’s Transmission System Operator, is responsible for ensuring the balance of supply and demand on the Irish electricity system. EirGrid does this by a process of directing energy generators to increase or reduce supply and/or directing demand response facilities to increase or reduce their demand (referred to as “dispatch” and “re-dispatch”) in accordance with Irish Single Electricity Market (SEM) rules.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Fergus Devine |Máire O’Neill |Colm Booth |Alex Needham |David O'Shea |James Curtis
The Irish Government has approved a set of guiding principles for the development of its “Private Wires” policy (the Private Wires Policy). This follows the public consultation on Private Wires which closed late last year. A New ApproachThe development of the Private Wires Policy has been a goal of each of the Climate Action Plan 2021, the Climate Action Plan 2023 and the Climate Action Plan 2024.
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Jul 4, 2024 | 
williamfry.com | Cassandra Byrne |Fergus Devine |Colm Booth
The Accelerating Renewable Electricity (ARE) Taskforce has published its Implementation Plan to support Ireland’s achievement of its onshore renewable electricity targets by 2030. The ARE Taskforce is comprised of Government departments (including DECC and DETE) and State bodies (including EirGrid and CRU) that are key to delivering Ireland’s energy transition.
