Sustainable and Renewable Energy Division

        News!

• Ireland's National Renewable Energy Action Plan published (July 2010)
• BIOFUELS OBLIGATION (Biofuels Act 2010) came into effect 1 July 2010
  Link to Legislative Act
• See NOTICE OF PROPOSED REGULATIONS RELATING TO SECTION 44J(5) OF THE Energy (Biofuel Obligation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010
  Contact Des.Byrne@dcenr.gov.ie
  
  
  
  Renewable Energy Division
  

  The key functions of the Division are:

  • Facilitating market development to ensure the sustainable delivery of our renewable energy targets across the electricity, heat and transport sectors

  • Supporting development of a broad range of renewable energy technologies in the electricity, heat and transport sectors to underpin delivery of our targets.

  • Corporate Governance of Sustainable Energy Ireland

Renewable Energy Information (general)

Technical information and advice on all renewable energy sources can be obtained directly from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland's Renewable Energy Information Office 
http://www.seai.ie/Renewables/REIO/

Telephone (023) 8842193

e-mail renewables@reio.ie.

Corporate Governance Responsibilities
Renewable Energy Division has responsibility for the corporate governance of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland.

Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland is responsible for advising Government on policies and measures on sustainable and renewable energy (including energy efficiency), implementing programmes agreed by Government and stimulating sustainable energy policies and actions by public bodies, the business sector, local communities and individual consumers.

SEAI was established under the Sustainable Energy Act, 2002, which is available here in MS Word format or pdf format .

For further information on Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and the different programmes it operates, please see the SEAI website

Renewable Energy Development Group (REDG)
The Renewable Energy Development Group (REDG) is organised by DCENR and chaired by Sara White, Deputy Secretary General. It is a group of public and private sector stakeholders in the renewable energy sphere. The group meets approximately quarterly.