In Depth: Ireland hopes Refit 2 will get renewables rolling

With the launch of the long-delayed second round of its renewable-energy feed-in tariff (Refit 2) last month, Ireland is looking to regain some of the momentum it has ceded to Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Refit 2 offers a dose of regulatory clarity. Developers had been sitting on their hands for more than 18 months while the scheme passed all the legal hurdles in Dublin and Brussels.

To make the most of Ireland’s vast wind resources, the industry needs smarter co-ordination between the government’s ambitions for energy policy and job creation, says Kenneth Matthews, chief executive of the Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA).

Several factors have made the domestic wind sector a cauldron of frustration in recent years, including the government’s stop-start approach to support, investment-killing grid Log in to read complete article.

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