The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan TD, announced Government approval for the Micro-generation Support Scheme (MSS). This scheme provides a range of supports to assist homes and businesses to develop renewable generation for self-consumption; the micro-generation enabling framework introduces payments to micro-generators for exported
Micro-generation is defined as micro-generation technologies, including micro-solar PV, micro-hydro, micro-wind and micro-renewable CHP with a maximum electrical output of 50kW, designed to primarily service the self-consumption needs of the property where it is installed. Currently in Ireland there is no support scheme for this range of micro-generation technologies.