# Solar Panels

This year

2023

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.

39.6k

Jan 29th 2023, 12:44 PM

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”.

23.6k

Jan 29th 2023, 7:00 AM

Last year

2022

Planning permission no longer required to install solar panels on houses

Exemptions also apply to a range of non-domestic buildings.

27.7k

Updated

Oct 7th 2022, 2:48 PM

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.

30.9k

Updated

Oct 4th 2022, 12:17 PM

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.

16.5k

Sep 23rd 2022, 8:12 AM

All time

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.

35.8k

Jun 9th 2019, 1:17 PM

ESB and Bord na Móna to develop solar power for 150,000 homes

Renewable energy in Ireland is currently predominantly generated from the wind.

14.3k

Apr 27th 2017, 10:22 PM

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.

8.4k

Oct 3rd 2013, 6:45 AM