Pa Daly
Ceist:34. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the first and full-year cost of setting up a district heating scheme (details supplied). [28147/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraWednesday, 28 May 2025
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South Dublin District Heating Company was set up in 2020 as Ireland’s first not-for-profit energy utility. It is fully owned and operated by South Dublin County Council. The associated district heating project uses waste heat generated by the nearby Amazon data centre (the heat is provided at no cost by Amazon as part of their zero-carbon commitment) to supply heat to public and private institutions, and homes in Tallaght town-centre. Construction of the energy centre and pipe network was completed in Q1 2023.
Phase 01A of the network, including a bespoke energy centre building, cost approximately €8 million and connected to South Dublin County Council headquarters, the County Library and the Technological University Dublin’s Tallaght campus. Phase 01B extended the network to connect additional customers at a new 3,000 square metres incubator office space, and 133 cost rental apartments along with two new campus buildings for the Technological University at an approximate cost of €1million. This phase was completed in 2025.
The project to date has been funded largely through a combination of the Government's Climate Action Fund, EU grant funding, South Dublin County Council financing, and investment by Fortum. The details are as follows:
• €4.447 million from the Government’s Climate Action Fund;
• €670,000 from the EU Interreg Programme;
• €890,000 from South Dublin County Council as matching funding for Interreg grant; and
• the remaining project upfront capital costs were provided by the energy services company that delivered the scheme, with these costs to be repaid to the operators in monthly instalments over the ten-year duration of the contract.
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