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And we explain the Micro-generation Support Scheme and the likely impact of grants

The arrival of the Micro-generation Support Scheme may encourage buyers of PV systems to consider larger arrays to off-set standing charges and other grid-tied expenses. Picture: iStock.

Green, clean, and a significant move towards our carbon-zero future, the Micro-generation Support Scheme (MSS) has finally emerged from behind bureaucratic cloud cover. 

The projections for its contribution by the MaRIE Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre at University College Cork (UCC), include meeting 8% of Ireland’s renewable energy target by 2029.