Delays in implementing a planning exclusion for solar energy installations shows a “lack of strategic commitment” from the Government to the State’s climate action objectives and targets, the Micro-Renewable Energy Federation (MREF) has said.
MREF chairman Pat Smith said “repeated delays” in implementing a “meaningful exclusion” from planning requirements for solar energy installations was undermining renewable energy projects that businesses and farming are committed to undertaking.
“The need for these exclusions was raised by MREF four years ago and committed to by every government since, including government ministers, yet we still don’t have the planning exclusions that the micro-renewable energy sector…
Government criticised for lack of planning exemption on solar energy
