By Joe Griffin
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The Micro Renewable Energy Federation (MREF) has welcomed reports that the government is planning improvements in solar PV grants for homes, farms and businesses.
These reported improvements include grant supports for battery storage and extending eligibility for grants to houses constructed since 2021.
The budget is due to be delivered by the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance, Simon Harris on Tuesday, October 6.
MREF chair Ciaran Kells also addressed the issue of solar grants for farmers under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes (TAMS 3).
He noted that in the federation’s budget submission, “we were particularly critical of the restrictions now on TAMS supports for farm solar PV installations and proposed that non-domestic grants from the SEAI should be increased to replace TAMS”.
“We also sought new grant supports for battery storage.
“These measures will also assist thousands of small businesses in reducing their energy costs and carbon emissions.”
Earlier this year, as MREF launched its pre-budget submission, Kells criticised the “slashing of Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) solar grants, with 90% of applicants being rejected due to budgetary constraints in recent tranches of farmer applications”.
Proposed measures for Budget 2027 are understood to include the eligibility of newer homes, constructed after 2021, for grant supports for solar PV installations.
Kells said: “MREF set out a number of practical measures in its 2027 Pre-Budget Submission, making a strong case for improvements in solar PV grants up to at least 6kw, the introduction of grants for installing battery storage, and insisting that the government removes the exclusion of houses that received a new ESB connections after 2021 from securing a grant.”
Kells added that MREF has continually highlighted the anomaly whereby homes constructed after 2021 are denied access to grants supports for solar PV installations.
“Proposed changes to extend grant eligibility to homes constructed since 2021 is very welcome, and overdue,” he said
Kells also welcomed recent reports that improved supports are now planned for the micro-generation sector. 
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