Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 13 November 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed)

3:00 pm

Mr. Charles Shier:

No, I do not. I can say in principle that for biomass to be sustainable, the carbon footprint of the supply chain must be a certain percentage below what the Europeans call a fossil fuel comparator, which is a figure set for everybody across Europe. Obviously, energy is spent getting biomass harvested and processed. I refer, for example to the chipping and transportation of materials. No comparison is made with the fuel being replaced, such as peat. A comparison is made with the average emission for the European grid, based on gas and coal plants in the European system. It is 183 MJ-----

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