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:
The comparison is not made per tonne; it is made per megawatt hour of electricity. The fossil fuel comparator is 650 kg of carbon dioxide per megawatt hour. We have to be less than 70% of that, which is approximately 200 kg of carbon dioxide per megawatt hour. If biomass is less than that, it is deemed to be carbon-neutral, in effect. That does not mean it is carbon-neutral, but it is deemed to be carbon-neutral.
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