Renewables
The latest renewables news and developments from the Irish Farmers Journal. Keep up to date witih the latest technology in the renewable energy sector.
The latest renewables news and developments from the Irish Farmers Journal. Keep up to date witih the latest technology in the renewable energy sector.
The project, developed by Gas Networks Ireland, will see trailers full of biomethane gas collected from AD plants being trucked to Mitchelstown, where it will be injected into the national gas grid.
Wind Energy Ireland maintains that the refusal rate for projects by An Bord Pleanála has increased significantly in recent months due to anti-wind County Development Plans.
As the 2024 beet harvest is about to commence, Stephen Robb looks at the prospects for the crop.
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Details of a proposal to develop three new large-scale biomethane plants in NI were unveiled at the Phoenix Energy renewable gas conference in Belfast last week. Stephen Robb reports.
So far, 61 farmers within a 25 km radius have agreed to supply feedstock to the plant and take back biofertiliser.
“I do not think the country would appreciate the entire green grass of Ireland, our 40 shades of green, being replaced with 40 shades of grey,” the Tánaiste said.
With the Biomethane Capital Grant Scheme now fully pledged to planned projects, it could be 2026 before another capital expenditure scheme opens for anaerobic digestion.
The measure is pitched in the National Biomethane Strategy as an 'important policy tool' for boosting the demand for biomethane.
The sector urgently needs resources to address these issues if Ireland is to avoid the billions of euros in climate fines that are imminent, according to Paul Gallagher of EDF Renewables Ireland.