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1 day ago | 
mondaq.com | Colm Booth |Maire O'Neill
The auction timeline for the next RESS auction has also beenapproved and published. The Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS)provides support for the development of onshore renewableelectricity projects in Ireland. The T&Cs outline howprospective applicants can avail of the financial support withinRESS 5.
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2 days ago | 
mondaq.com | Maire O'Neill |Colm Booth
As with the ECP-GSS (which we reviewed here), the Proposed Decision applies toonshore projects seeking connection to the electricity system. It does not apply to interconnectors, demand connections,micro-generation, or offshore electricity connections.
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3 weeks ago | 
mondaq.com | Matthew Smith |Colm Booth |Maire O'Neill
Intended for publication in December 2024, formal approval ofCAP25 was delayed due to the election. As such, its substantivedrafting preceded the current coalition. Ireland's overall emissions reduced by 7% in 2023, with theelectricity sector driving this downward trajectory, a 17%reduction in emissions in the first half of 2024 demonstrating theeffectiveness of renewable generation and interconnectivity.
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4 weeks ago | 
mondaq.com | Byrne Wallace |Colm Booth |Matthew Smith |Maire O'Neill
On 4 March 2025, the Government granted Minister for Climate,Environment and Energy Darragh O'Brien approval to proceed witha plan to develop a State-led LNG terminal, vitalising Action 17 ofthe "Energy Security in Ireland to 2030″ Report (theReport) which was published in November 2023 andtargeted the development of a State-led strategic gas reserve. Ireland is one of 5 EU member states without domestic gasstorage (the Southwest Kinsale storage reservoir having ceasedoperation in 2017).
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2 months ago | 
mondaq.com | Matthew Smith |Colm Booth |Maire O'Neill |Liam McCabe
The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) haspublished its proposed decision paper in relation to its LargeEnergy Users (LEUs) Connection Policy (the ProposedDecision). Demand for electricity in Ireland is due to rise sharply in thecoming years, driven by LEUs, with rapidly growing electricitydemand from data centres a key factor.
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Feb 2, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Matthew Smith |Colm Booth |Maire O'Neill |Ciarán Herlihy
In November 2024, the High Court set out its substantivedecision in the 'GR Wind Farms' case regardingIreland's rules on the dispatching of electricity generationand demand response, as set out in a Single Electricity MarketCommittee (SEMC) Decision (theDecision), in the context of Article 12 andArticle 13 of EU Regulation 2019/943 (theRegulation). We previously covered the backgroundto that judgment and some of the key relevant concepts here.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Matthew Smith |Colm Booth |Maire O'Neill
The Electricity Connection Policy for Generation andSystem Services (ECP-GSS), which applies to onshore renewableenergy generation, energy storage and system services technology,is designed to support Ireland's energy transition and theGovernment's Climate Action Plan 2024 (CAP 24) target togenerate 80% of Irish electricity from renewable sources by2030.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Byrne Wallace |Maire O'Neill |Colm Booth
While requesting general feedback from stakeholders as to anypotential issues, the Department has specifically sought responsesto its proposals on the matters below. A key ESG component of all RESS iterations is that projects mustestablish a Community Benefit Fund (CBF) to beused for the well-being of local communities in which the projectsare developed, ensuring these communities directly benefit fromfacilitating renewable projects.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
energycentral.com | Maire O'Neill |Fergus Devine |Colm Booth |James Curtis
National Industrial Strategy For Offshore Wind Published Mar 20, 2024Mar 20, 2024 1:18 am GMT1 view By: By Ms Máire O'Neill, Fergus Devine and Colm Booth The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE) published on Friday 8 March its policy paper "Powering Prosperity, Ireland's Offshore Wind Industrial Strategy" (the Strategy), aimed at maximising the economic benefits of achieving Ireland and Europe's offshore renewable energy (ORE) targets.
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Mar 19, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | James Curtis |Maire O'Neill |Fergus Devine |Colm Booth
The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
(DETE) published on Friday 8 March its policy paper
"Powering Prosperity, Ireland's Offshore Wind
Industrial Strategy" (the Strategy), aimed at maximising
the economic benefits of achieving Ireland and Europe's
offshore renewable energy (ORE) targets.
It is available here or on the DETE's website.
The plan for a national industrial strategy for offshore wind
energy (OWE) was announced in May 2023.
