Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 April 2026
171. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of wind farms and their installed capacity supported by the Government’s renewable electricity feed-in tariff scheme and the alternative energy requirement support scheme in each of the years from 2000 to 2025, in tabular form. [27851/26]
Amharc ar fhreagra172. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of wind farms and their installed capacity which, having reached the end of their contracts, exited the Government’s renewable electricity feed-in-tariff scheme and the alternative energy requirement support scheme in each of the years from 2000 to 2025, in tabular form. [27852/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 171 and 172 together.
Under the Alternative Energy Requirement (AER) scheme, support was provided under a 15-year power purchase agreement, with support under the last scheme beginning in 2006. Support for the last remaining AER project finished in December 2021. The total number of Wind Farm projects that were supported under AER and their total capacity, given in MW is below.
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Number of Wind Farms in AER |
Maximum Capacity in AER, MW |
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26 |
194 |
Support under the first Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff (REFIT) scheme began in 2008 with the maximum length of support for a project being 15 years.
Under the REFIT 2 and 3 schemes support is also provided for 15 years, with support for the last REFIT project due to cease in December 2032.
The table attached details the number of wind farm projects supported under the REFIT schemes and their capacity, in MW, for every year from 2008 to 2025.
Further information on individual projects supported by REFIT is listed on an annual basis in the Public Service Obligation (PSO) Statutory Instrument, available at the following link: www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/ResultsTitle.html?q=Electricity+Regulation+Act+1999+(Public+Service+Obligations).
For further information on renewable electricity generation projects supported under PSO Levy, I refer the Deputy to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities which has responsibility for the administration of the PSO. They may be contacted at oireachtas@cru.ie.
