The three-week window for members of the public to give their opinion on the proposed micro-generation support scheme, which will let electricity customers sell some renewable energy from their small-scale production into the national grid, ends on February 18. In its rush to get this up and running by July, the Government may be helped by the fact that a Green minister, Eamon Ryan, is in charge – this, however, was not the trigger. Once again when it comes to climate action, Ireland is under pressure from a European deadline. Although industry players remember talks with officials going back as…

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