Jobs from small hydro plants
Spring questioned creating 200 jobs through hydroelectric expansion when electricity capacity was already in surplus. The Minister said the small hydro plants would replace costly imported fuels.
When the Minister refers to potential job creation in the area covered by his Department is he referring also to the 200 jobs to be created by the expansion of hydro-electricity production units throughout the country as mentioned in the plan? Does the Minister not feel that it is ludicrous to be considering further electricity generation at a time when we have spare capacity?
Comment on this
On the contrary: the 200 jobs we are talking about as part of the ESB's portion of the Valoren project will be on small hydro plants which will replace very expensive imported oil and coal and our gas.