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Wednesday 29 March 2023 Dublin: 13°C

# Solar Panels

This year
2023
# Micro-renewables
Daily Poll: Do you have solar panels?
Many home-owners opt for solar panels as a way to reduce their carbon footprint and their dependency on fossil fuels.
# Solar Panels
Cumbersome grant system holding some back from solar PV uptake, says expert
The chair of the Micro-Renewable Energy Federation likened the experience of securing a grant to a “bureaucratic nightmare”.
Last year
2022
# Solar Power
Planning permission no longer required to install solar panels on houses
Exemptions also apply to a range of non-domestic buildings.
Voices
Jennifer Whitmore: The lifting of planning rules for solar panels is welcome but long overdue
The Social Democrats TD says the government is behind the curve as it finally lifts restrictions on numbers of panels on a property.
# sun power
All schools to get funding for solar panels to fight rising cost of energy
The strategy is part of a climate focused shift in the school Summer Works Scheme.
All time
# climate plan
Consumers with solar panels could be able to sell excess electricity back to the grid in future
The government plans to have a micro generation scheme in place by the end of the year.
# Going Green
ESB and Bord na Móna to develop solar power for 150,000 homes
Renewable energy in Ireland is currently predominantly generated from the wind.
# Climate Change
IKEA is selling solar panels, yay! But not in Ireland, boo!
The company says that customers want to live more sustainably, but there is no word on when they will roll out the panels to Ireland.