Posts Tagged ‘Bioenergy’

: Biomass: going with the grain of renewable

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

Biomass continues to provide renewable alternatives for the energy market, with the industry expecting to play a major role in helping Ireland meet its renewable heat targets. The biomass sector of the renewables industry continues to grow, and is projected to play an important role in future growth of sustainable energies if certain conditions are met. In its 2010 Energy Report, SEAI stated that biomass as a percentage of total primary energy requirement grew by 9.6 per cent in 2009 (contrasting...

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: Action plan preparations

Monday, October 11th, 2010

A research forum and clearer information on bioenergy’s benefits are among the sector’s suggestions to government, Barbara Swann outlines. As a bioenergy action plan awaited Executive approval, Barbara Swann from DETI’s Sustainable Energy Branch updated delegates at an agendaNi seminar on the feedback received in its consultation last year. The draft action plan was drawn up by an inter-departmental group on bioenergy, led by DETI. Its final version will incorporate the key actions from the...

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: Making a market

Monday, October 11th, 2010

Bioenergy companies need opportunities to sell products rather than grants, Joe O’Carroll tells agendaNi. Switching buildings to biomass, not capital grants, is the best way to grow the sector, according to Joe O’Carroll. The Kildare-based businessman runs Imperative Energy, which supplies bioenergy systems to the industrial, commercial and public sectors. “There’s no lack of interest or no lack of ambition amongst the policy-makers to hit those renewable energy targets. The difficulty is...

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: Energy from the land

Monday, October 11th, 2010

Government support for bioenergy on farms and forest land has been re-emphasised but environmentalists question some of the technologies. When she launched a revised Renewable Energy Action Plan in June, Agriculture Minister Michelle Gildernew encouraged farmers to invest in these new technologies, which could help improve energy security and the economy. Joyce Rutherford from DARD’s Renewable Energy Unit gave an overview of what the plan involves at agendaNi’s seminar on bioenergy. Its current...

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