Government bid to salvage green energy plan ‘doomed to failure’

A GOVERNMENT energy strategy which has not generated any electricity two years after it was launched is doomed to failure, it was claimed yesterday.

Government bid to salvage green energy plan ‘doomed to failure’

The Alternative Energy Requirement (AER) scheme, which aims to provide energy through wind and wave power, has failed to deliver on a plan which would have given enough power to 220,000 homes.

AER schemes are vital if Ireland is to increase its share of green energy production and avoid €1 billion in EU fines over the next decade for failing to reduce atmospheric emissions.

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