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Energy Efficiency Mid-May Roundup
Briain Kelly
May 13, 2025
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Enjoy the latest news on renewable energy trends and technologies from Energy Efficiency Ireland.
Whether you are interested in the ever-evolving field of solar energy tech, or how public policy will help to shape the green energy transition, there is plenty for everyone to learn.
Making Solar Power Part of Your Roof
Solar Panels have exploded in popularity recently, but one small yet growing trend is to skip bulky panels altogether with solar roof tiles.
Solar roof tiles can help homeowners who want to go green, but are concerned about the appearance of solar panels on their roof.
Designed to mimic the appearance of traditional roof tiles as much as possible, this is yet another innovation making renewable energy technology accessible to all.
Should New Homes Be Required to Have Solar Panels?
Falling prices and grant incentives are helping record numbers of Irish homes to install solar panels, but what about all of the new homes being built every year?
With ambitious climate and renewable energy goals, is there an argument to be made that developers should be required to install solar panels on new homes, and if so when should this be implemented?
Nearly 10k Homes had solar panels installed from January - April
It is adding up to be another strong year for the installation of solar panels on Irish homes. SEAI figures show that 9,587 homes in Ireland have installed solar panels with the aid of a grant in the first four months of the year.
Rank | County | No. of Installations |
|---|---|---|
1. | Dublin | 2,007 |
2. | Cork | 1,203 |
3. | Galway | 582 |
4. | Limerick | 547 |
5. | Kildare | 489 |
6. | Meath | 461 |
7. | Wexford | 350 |
8. | Mayo | 345 |
9. | Clare | 344 |
10 | Tipperary | 336 |
Plan for Nationwide EV Charging Network
EV Charging infrastructure is essential for encouraging the wide scale adoption of electric cars. Many people will, of course, prefer to charge at home, but Ireland also needs a larger scale network of public EV charging stations.
The government recently published the final draft of the Regional and Local EV Charging Network Plan, outlining goals for public EV charging capacity in towns and neighbourhoods around the country.
Irish Households Paying 30% More than EU Average for Electricity
Irish households are paying an average of €350 more per year for their electricity than the EU average.
Eurostat figures show that Ireland has some of the most expensive electricity in Europe, and even tops the board when you remove taxes from the equation.
Not exactly a leaderboard we’re happy to be number one on.
