Grants up of to €162,500 are to be offered to businesses and organisations to install rooftop solar panels. The extended grants will provide help to fit solar on a much wider range of commercial, institutional and public sector buildings. The existing scheme for domestic solar has proved popular with almost 60,000 homeowners availing of grants and feeding excess power into the national grid for payment. The new grants come as the Government looks to build up as much solar power as possible as quickly as possible as renewable energy and climate action targets loom. Plans to roll out solar for schools, announced last year, are due to be accelerated shortly and a push is on to ensure all new and refurbished public buildings have rooftop solar.

Source: Irish Independent July 04, 2023 03:52 UTC