New measures have been introduced to encourage electricity generation in homes, farms and businesses across Ireland. This includes a support price of 19 cent per kilowatt hour of electricity produced. This means you can generate your own electricity and be paid for the excess you don’t use.

This competitive feed-in tariff will apply to the first 4,000 micro-generation installations countrywide over the next three years. Eligible installations include small scale wind, photovoltaic, hydro and combined heat and power.

Traditionally, the electricity network was designed to accommodate the flow of electricity from large centralised plants to customers dispersed throughout the country. Micro-generation at local level now introduces two-way flows to the electricity system. This means you can generate your own electricity and be paid for the excess you don’t use

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