Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion

Dr. Ciara Beausang:

From a European perspective, one area where there may have been oversight is the methane leakage. There is a good research project from the German Biomass Research Center on this. It has engaged with industry to look at the sources of leakages and what the potential mitigation options are. It is an area of oversight. There has been more research done on it in the scientific community and the industry is now starting to engage with it. Ideally, it would be implemented from the get-go in Ireland that plants have to monitor, measure and address any new potential sources of methane loss.

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