New package broadens solar grant eligibility, adds targeted higher-value funding for low-income and medically vulnerable households, includes heat-pump and business supports, and is timed ahead of the 2027 budget.
A new up-to-€600 residential battery grant takes effect on Oct. 6 alongside expanded solar PV support and a €2,000 heat pump replacement grant.
Enhanced business supports for solar PV and heat technologies aim to reduce company energy costs substantially—up to €300,000 annually for some firms—and improve competitiveness.
The state already offers a solar PV grant up to €1,800 for homeowners installing panels. Effective Oct. 6, eligibility for that support is being extended to newer homes built and occupied before 2025. A separate new battery grant of up to €600 will be available to residential owners placing battery storage alongside PV.
Two targeted funding streams sit above standard grants:
Households replacing boilers with heat pumps can access a €2,000 grant aimed at accelerating heat decarbonization and lowering running costs.
What this means for homeowners and small businesses
If you qualify as lower income or medically vulnerable, the new targeted funding materially reduces or eliminates upfront costs for small PV-plus-storage installations (4 kW PV, 5 kWh battery). For other homeowners, the €600 battery grant lowers the barrier to adding storage to existing or new PV systems. Businesses have access to larger grants for solar PV and heat technologies, with government-stated potential to cut energy bills significantly.
The grants take effect Oct. 6. SEAI will handle applications and has already seen sharply rising demand. The measures add to a broader Irish program of energy affordability supports totaling more than €1.4 billion since March, and officials have signaled more action could be included in the 2027 budget.
Measures will also include a €600 grant for the installation of storage batteries
It comes as part of a raft of measures Energy Minister Darragh O”Brien says will help households with rising costs.
The Micro Renewable Energy Federation (MREF) has welcomed reports that the government is planning improvements in solar PV grants for homes, farms and businesses. These reported improvements include grant supports for battery storage and extending eligibility for grants to houses constructed since 2021. The budget is d
Darragh O’Brien is to bring the proposal to extend the eligibility of the scheme to houses built and occupied before 2025 to Cabinet next week.
Vertical PV specialist Over Easy Solar has deployed its first installation in Ireland. The 5.37 kW vertical system is paired with a green roof in Dublin. The post Vertical rooftop PV arrives in Ireland appeared first on pv magazine Global .
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