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Agricultural landscape offers huge opportunity for biogas industry

As an agricultural country, Ireland has huge opportunity for the development of the biogas industry to reduce farm fuel costs. Speaking at a recent conference, Barry Caslin, Teagasc energy and rural development specialist, pointed out that renewable energy operations generally need a lot of land. And while farmers must focus on producing food first, as landowners they must also look at how best to use their assets. What about exporting…

Micro-Renewable Energy Federation punts renewable energy for farming

The new Fine Gael agricultural group has been urged by the Micro-Renewable Energy Federation (MREF) to seize the opportunity presented by renewable energy for farming. Eddie Downey has been selected to head up the party’s new National Agricultural, Food and Rural Development Forum. The MREF has welcomed a commitment given by the forum to prioritise a support scheme for farmers keen to invest in renewable energy and develop an additional income…

Increase in gas supply, Gas Networks Ireland confirms

Gas Networks Ireland says that there has been a 15% increase in gas demand for the month of March. The increase is the result of a rise in demand following a very stormy February, which saw a new record for wind energy. The company adds that this was led by a 36% hike in the use of gas-fired power plants used to compensate for lower renewable electricity generation. In…

€1.5 billion to be invested in renewable energy

The Irish renewable energy sector is set to receive a boost as German energy company RWE has announced that it will invest €1.5 billion in the sector over the next eight years. The funding forms part of a wider investment of €50 billion. It’s understood that the investment will focus on Irish offshore wind as well as the development of a new pilot programme for airborne wind technology. RWE has…

Renewable energy use will see farmers receive an incentive

Farmers have been encouraged to install solar PV panels as this would enable them to receive 17.5c/kWh for electricity generation from renewable energy company Arden Energy. In its latest partnership with another renewable energy company, Local Power, the export price will be offered to farms and businesses that are producing electricity through installed solar PV panels. “Arden Energy’s offer of a guaranteed export price of 17.5c/kWh sends a clear…

Poultry farmers urged to consider renewable energy

Renewable energy is a topic of discussion for poultry farmers, and Irish Farmers’ Association poultry chair Nigel Sweetnam has been the latest to join in on the debate. Sweetnam says that the current supports in place do not provide poultry farmers with a sufficient incentive to justify the upfront investment needed to install solar panels. A reverse metering system was suggested, whereby farmers could supply surplus electricity into the grid…