EnergyCloud Pre Budget Submission for Budget 2027
If not now, then when?
EnergyCloud today published its Pre Budget Submission for Budget 2027 in October with the following key recommendations:
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Establish Ireland’s first Targeted Surplus Renewable Energy Credits for homes experiencing energy poverty
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Build a National Fleet of Smart, Flexible Energy Assets that can absorb energy that would otherwise be wasted
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Ensure that all social homes built and all future retrofits should have Demand Flexible heating and storage devices installed
As a country, we have over €600 million of wasted renewable wind energy per annum in Ireland and according to the ESRI for a cost of €375 million per annum we can help 550,000 homes in Ireland exit energy poverty, significantly impacting the affordability crisis for our citizens and reducing our reliance on fossil fuels.
In EnergyCloud, we believe that it is vital in Budget 2027 that we begin to deliver on the commitments in the Programme for Government to use surplus renewable energy, that would otherwise be wasted, to help those in energy poverty.