Calls on Government to promote investment in green energy

A conference on wind energy yesterday heard calls on the Government to incentivise investment in the industry in the budget to allow the public, communities, and small investors to buy into the sector.

The Irish Wind Energy Association says that measures would assist the State to reach its 2020 carbon emission target.

The incentives proposed by IWEA in its recent budget submission and in its submission to the government’s Green Paper on Ireland’s energy future include: