{"id":1966,"date":"2026-10-22T12:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T12:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energycloud.org\/ireland\/?p=1966"},"modified":"2026-10-22T12:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T12:20:34","slug":"wasted-renewable-energy-tops-e1-billion-during-the-lifetime-of-this-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/energycloud.org\/ireland\/wasted-renewable-energy-tops-e1-billion-during-the-lifetime-of-this-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Wasted Renewable Energy Tops \u20ac1 Billion during the lifetime of this Government"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">September 2026 marked an appalling milestone, as we have now surpassed <strong>\u20ac1 billion in wasted renewable wind energy<\/strong> since the Government came to power in January 2025. &nbsp;Despite the Government committing in the Programme for Government to use surplus renewable energy, that would otherwise be wasted, to help those in energy poverty, to date there has been no action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Budget 2027, announced earlier this month, did nothing to reduce energy bills for the 550,000 homes in energy poverty, in fact we know that the bills will continue to rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ESRI recently published that for a cost of \u20ac370 million a year energy poverty could be eliminated. &nbsp;Given the scandalous levels of waste that exist, and the \u20ac1.2 billion committed to fuel excise cuts, it is now <strong>clearly a policy choice to leave energy bills high<\/strong> for everyone, including those in energy poverty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By announcing a desire to tackle energy poverty and use the waste that is available, the Government could put in place a permanent and sustainable solution to energy poverty. &nbsp;We urge them to do this without further delay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To view report click <a href=\"http:\/\/energycloud.org\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/EnergyCloud-Irelands-Wasted-Clean-Energy-Report-October-2026.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/energycloud.org\/ireland\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/10\/EnergyCloud-Irelands-Wasted-Clean-Energy-Report-October-2026.pdf\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>September 2026 marked an appalling milestone, as we have now surpassed \u20ac1 billion in wasted renewable wind energy since the Government came to power in January 2025. &nbsp;Despite the Government committing in the Programme for Government to use surplus renewable energy, that would otherwise be wasted, to help those in energy poverty, to date there [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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