Putting six solar panels on the roof of a Dublin home "would save €380 on annual electricity bills with the system paying back for itself in 7 years" according to a new study.
The research by scientists at University College Cork examined every rooftop in Ireland along with weather data for the first time. They found that over a million houses have enough space for 10 solar panels and if that potential was realised electricity bills could fall by €450 a year, reducing the cost of living while providing a quarter of all residential electricity needed.
It would also cut 135,000 tonnes of carbon and meet 8% of the country’s renewable targets. The MaREI, Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine at University College Cork, study was published as the government’s new Microgeneration Support Scheme began yesterday.
