Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 5 September 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion
10:00 am
Dr. John Curtis:
Yes, the ESRI has said that before. The situation at present is that peat is co-fired and by having a refit scheme to incentivise the burning of biomass, at the same time we are burning peat, which is the most emissions intensive. There is a case made for security of supply as to our use of peat, but I find it hard on economic grounds to justify why we would continue to burn peat. We have said that before, repeatedly.
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