Environmental Pillar spokesperson, Oisin Coghlan, said: “The scheme is a small step in the right direction but the Government has missed a great opportunity to include a payment for electricity exported to the grid by individual families, and – crucially – community buildings such as schools, parish halls and sports halls, and farm buildings.<\/p>\n
“As part of the EU we have agreed that in the future people will have to get paid for their contribution to tackling climate change through their energy choices.<\/p>\n
So the minister and the department should immediately start work to build on today’s pilot scheme by preparing a payment scheme for rooftop solar.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
“For once we have an opportunity not to be behind the curve on EU schemes; let’s build immediately on this stopgap measure with a full future-proof scheme.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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