COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEASSOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Tuesday, May 04, 2010

HEADED ITEM NO. 47

It is recommended that the following objective be inserted before Section 2.5.9 under a new heading ‘Sustainable Energy’:

‘Sustainable Energy

It is an objective of the Council to prepare a County policy regarding Sustainable Energy.  Such a policy will allow for a coherent, comprehensive but flexible approach to be taken to the promotion of national sustainable energy objectives.  In particular the energy policy will identify future and current demand, improve efficiency to reduce demand, increase the share of renewables in supply and ensure diversity of supply.  It is an objective of the Council to prepare an energy mapping system to be rolled out throughout the County on an appropriate phased basis.’

This issue is also the subject of a comrehensive report under M 83 proposed by Cllr Lavelle.