Dara O'Brien
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And all of our new homes that we built since 08, 09, the vast majority of them are A-rated, run on heat pumps.
And I had responded already to increase heat pump grants.
And then we need to do more on things like district heating, which is something that has not been done in this country.
We've only one scheme and I want to get more of those schemes going.
And I wouldn't say woefully low.
Would you not?
David, what I'm saying to you is...
Two things.
One in relation to onshore renewables.
Onshore first, and I'll deal with offshore.
Solar and wind.
We're the number one country in Europe for integration of renewables into our grid.
We're actually number three in Europe for storage, only behind Germany and Italy in relation to battery storage, which we need to be able to save that energy to dispatch it at the right time.
They're areas that we're doing actually very well.
And now on offshore...
We're the only country in Europe last year that actually had a successful auction in Tannua.
Four bidders, very competitive price and a winning bid awarded there as well.
And the only EU country, the only other one in Europe was AR7 in Britain.
So what I'm pointing to is the progress there.
Of course, that's got to be accelerated.