No quitten we're whelan onto chitchat 12.

@roosterman71 you don't need planning to bore a well.

Government's 2030 target is 40,000ac of solar with roughly 45% in Leinster, 45% in Munster and the remainder in Connacht. That'll tell you the quality of land they're going for.

Couple companies quietly snooping around here atm and it's a mix of big dairy and renters that seem to be "interested" for a fee that isn't that much above a standard lease after tax, certainly not worth the hassle and planning anyway.

IMO the whole 2030 thing is nonsense (the EU will not fine itself) and I'm convinced much of the farming's annual incremental increases in red tape stems from energy lobbyists.

If every farm with a south facing roof went for the TAMs grant for solar panels they're wouldn't be any need for big solar farms at all. Id looked into it myself but the initial cost didn't suit, it's a great idea though and they should do more to try and incentivise it.

Don't know how much they are offering in Leinster or Munster, but over this side of the Shannon farmers are talking about €1300 an acre on land grazed from may to September and it's very tempting for farmers with this type of land.

Agree they should be putting them on as many roofs around the country, on industrial buildings, schools, and as much in farm yards as possible, instead of land, in France last year was on a farm and the new straw store shed was taken by a solar panel company they put the roof on the shed and after agreed number of years the farmer was going to paid a yearly rate,