In Ireland, under the Greengate Biogas partnership, CIP, Atlas Renewables and Energex Partners will join forces to develop, construct and operate biogas plants across Ireland with a primary focus on utilizing manure as feedstock. CI ABF I, managed by CIP, invests in advanced biofuels, including biomethane. CI ABF I’s investors include several of the most […]
In Ireland, Gas Networks Ireland and Bia Energy have agreed a significant partnership to enable renewable biomethane gas from the Bia Energy facility at Huntstown, Co Dublin to be injected directly into the gas network. Gas Networks Ireland will extend its existing network to create Dublin’s first direct Renewable Gas Entry Point at Bia Energy’s […]
In Ireland, Munster Technological University will lead a new first-of-its-kind decentralized green biorefinery demonstration initiative funded under the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU). The €8.7 million “Rural BioReFarmeries” project will advance the development of farm-centered bioeconomy approaches through the deployment of green biorefineries across grassland regions of Europe. Two primary green biorefinery and anaerobic […]
In Ireland, the Irish Farmers Association President Francie Gorman said that the Biomethane Strategy published by the Government Tuesday will not be enough to develop the scale a biomethane sector would need to meet the targets set out in the Climate Action Plan 2024. “The Government has a target of trying to produce 5.7 Terawatt […]
In Ireland, Diageo announced plans to invest over €100 million to decarbonize its historic St. James’s Gate site in Dublin 8, where Guinness has been brewed for 264 years. The investment underpins the goal to accelerate to net zero carbon emissions for the site and will transform energy and water consumption with the aim to […]
In Ireland, Simply Blue Group, a leading global offshore wind project developer, is developing onshore renewable energy parks to power facilities capable of producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The projects, in Canada, Ireland and Australia will process more than 1.5 million tons of sustainable biomass annually to produce over 300,000 tons of SAF each year. […]
In Ireland, the governments of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland announced the opening of a new funding initiative to support the development of the all-island bioeconomy. The ‘Shared Island Bioeconomy Demonstration Initiative’ will pilot and demonstrate the bioeconomy in action across the island of Ireland, as a key objective of the Bioeconomy Action […]
In Ireland, following Ryanair’s purchase of 500 metric tons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from OMV last October, the airline last week announced that it will take an additional 500 tons of SAF from OMV in 2024. This agreement will save a further 1,250+ tons in CO2 emissions (equivalent to c.100 Ryanair flights from Dublin […]
In Ireland, Škoda Ireland and Certa launched a new joint campaign aimed at encouraging owners and would-be buyers of new diesel cars to use HVO biofuel to lower their motoring carbon emissions by up to 90%. The leading car brand and one of Ireland’s largest fuel suppliers are partnering on the initiative aimed at creating […]
In Ireland, the Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) has published a guide to Specified Biomass Harvesting (SBH) as part of sustainable forest management. Noel Gavigan, IrBEA Technical Executive and co-author of the report said: “As a biomass fuel, SBH displaces fossil fuels with significant greenhouse gas savings. This is achieved through fossil displacement and avoidance of […]
