Ireland's Needs to Achieve Biomass Target

It is claimed that Ireland needs to gather together significant quantities of biomass in order to hit its targets for 2020 and an EU-wide scheme for determining the sustainability of biofuels is at an advanced stage of progression.

According to Edie, the Biomass:Achieving Targets-Maximising Benefits conference was organised by Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI), Tipperary Institute and the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Over the past five years the global market in biomass for energy has grown substantially and SEI estimates that it could provide between 5% and 10% of Ireland's total primary energy requirement by 2020.

Pearse Buckley, SEI's representative on the executive committee of the IEA bio energy implementing agreement, said that the sustainability of biomass has become a focus of public debate, particularly due to the demand for biofuels.

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