Grant rules prevent excess solar energy from being sold off-farm
Senator Daly said there would be greater 'buy-in' by the farming community if there was some economic potential associated with the excess power produced.
Farmers anxious to sell excess energy to the national grid from solar panels have received the legislative equivalent of an electric shock.
That’s because electricity produced by grant-aided panels may be used only on the farm on which it is generated, both houses of the Oireachtas have been told.
