Paul Carson, managing director, Strategic Power Projects, warns that the Republic's planning system will prevent the State hitting its 2030 renewable electricity target.Planning delays threaten to derail the Government’s renewable energy targets, one electricity business warned at the weekend.
He said the planning hold-ups mean the project could miss successive opportunities to apply for a grid connection. This can only be done in September each year.The businessman argued that the planning, appeals and grid connections systems imposed delayed renewable projects. “We will not meet the renewables targets with the current planning process,” said Mr Carson.
Following Kildare County Council’s decision to grant permission, businesses including several nearby stud farms, a key part of the local economy, appealed the ruling An Bord Pleanála.National Grid operator EirGrid confirmed that September was the yearly application window for connections to the national grid.
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