Solar panels installed on Matt Allen s farm at Newport, Co Tipperary. \ Odhran Ducie
Solar PV continues to grow in interest among the agricultural sector. This reliable, non-intrusive technology can provide real opportunities to reduce your farm’s electricity bill while helping to decarbonise the sector.
There are currently a number of grants and schemes in place to incentivise the uptake of solar PV systems.
It is important to match the size of the solar system with your farm’s energy usage, as you currently are not paid for excess electricity produced.
This is all about to change, as the Microgeneration Support Scheme (MSS) is due to be launched later this summer and will, for the first time, pay small producers of renewable electricity for their excess electricity which they export the grid.
Ireland s Fittest Family winners revealed after gruelling final
Updated / Monday, 22 Feb 2021
11:57
The winners emerged on top after a punishing final episode
After weeks of wading through swamps, lugging logs through forests, and swimming, climbing and sprinting their way to the final, Ireland s Fittest Family has finally been revealed.
In last night s punishing final, the remaining four families faced off across a two-day event on the MOUNTAIN, the last and most challenging obstacle course yet. Featuring a 5 meter wall climb, a barrel run up a mountain and a time trial, it pushed the families to their limits.
Taking this on were Davy Fitzgerald s Mahoneys from Wexford, Donncha O Callaghan s Allens from Tipperary and Derval O’Rourke s two families: The Mileys from Westmeath and the Cullens from Wexford.
The Allen family from Newport will be battling it out on TV later to be named Ireland’s Fittest Family. Ticey Allen, his daughter Ruth, and sons James and Tom, have made it to the final four under the stewardship of former Munster rugby star Donncha O’Callaghan. The series finale will air on RTE One tonight […]
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