Can you act now to help accelerate the development of renewable energy?

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The first step to build a wind or solar farm is to get planning permission. Once you have planning permission, the project can then look to apply for a connection to the electricity grid.

The challenge is that a project can only apply for a connection to the electricity grid during a single annual application window.

If you get planning permission from An Bord Pleanála too late and miss the window, you have to wait nearly a full year before you can apply again. More time lost, more carbon emitted and more imported fossil fuels in our system.

Right now, the electricity regulator is considering running two annual application windows. This would be a significant improvement and would give wind and solar farms two chances to get their grid connection every year, helping to accelerate the development of renewable energy.