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Issues to be covered
Delivering a Sustainable Energy Future for Ireland
Regional Strategy and Regional Planning
Guidelines
Renewable Energy and Development Plan Policies
Balance between promoting Renewable Energy and
Environmental Protection
Overview of period 2007-2020
Addressing climate change by reduction of greenhouse gas emissionsPromoting growth of renewable energy sources Integrated process of sustainable development and use of bio-energy resourcesAccelerating energy research development and innovation programmes in support of sustainable energy goalsThe importance of security of energy supply and the advantages of home-grown renewable energies over imported energies42% of electricity generated from renewables by 202020% reduction in greenhouse gas by 2020 – EU targetLimerick Clare Energy Agency – quantifies the need to reduce energy consumption and to produce energy from renewable resources
Delivering a Sustainable Energy Future for Ireland
Region has a substantial renewable energy resource, wave, wind, hydro and bio-fuelsConsistent approach needs to be taken with management of wind power at regional levelFavourable consideration for renewable energy subject to environmental and social impactsImpact of development on the landscapeGrid connectionsCDPs should identify suitable areas for different forms of renewable energies Guidelines need to be developed on inter-county and regional basis
Mid-West Regional Strategy and Regional Planning Guidelines
Renewable Energy in Development Plansin the Mid-West Region
All of the plans take a positive approach subject to some caveatsFor example, Limerick County Development Plan states:Renewable energy developments have specific Land Use issues..It is the role of the Planning Authority to reconcile these with proper planning and sustainable development”
The Planning Authority will adopt a positive approach to renewable energy and the following to be taken into account:
Environmental and Social Impacts of the DevelopmentsLandscape Impact of the Development Connection to the National grid.Mitigation measures where impacts are inevitable Protected Areas: NHAs SPAs, SACs, Archaeological or scenic designations
Renewable energy which does not require Planning Permission
At the lower and higher ends of the scale of renewable energy, legislation being put in place removing renewable energy developments from the requirement of planning permission at Local Authority level.
Planning Regulations,2007, have exempted renewable energies at a domestic level. Regulations on solar power, wind turbines, CHPbio-mass boilers and heat pumps, up to a certain size, are proposed
At the other end of the scale wind farms, hydro and large CHP will be dealt
with directly by An Bord Pleanala under the Strategic Infrastructure Act 2006.
Balance to be achieved between promoting renewable
energy and protecting the environment.
Recent SPA designations have implications for wind energy in Limerick ,Tipperary and Cork Local Authority areas.
Examining the capacity of certain areas to assimilate wind farms and promote other renewable e.g. anaerobic digesters.
Other side of energy balance is to reduce energy consumptions e.g. sustainable rural settlement patterns, energy efficient design and efficient urban development - new draft residential guidelines will issue next week
Sustainability and use of renewable resources is imbedded in CDP polices and regional and national policies. Nonetheless individual responsibility is an important factor – think globally, act locally