Mr. Se?n Finan:

To give the numbers, there are approximately 20 biogas plants in Ireland. Only two to three are producing biomethane. We have one injection point for biomethane at Cush in County Kildare. Most of the AD facilities are producing biogas supported through a renewable energy feed-in tariff, REFIT, 3 programme but they are looking at potentially diversifying into more biomethane production. There is also much AD technology used across the country in facilities that would not necessarily be classified as AD sites. I am thinking of water treatment, as AD is used in many water treatment facilities. These sites are using the gas they produce by using AD technology to fuel and decarbonise their existing production system. While on paper there are about 20 biogas plants, there is a lot more use of AD technology in a broad range of sectors. That energy is being used by facilities for their own consumption to decarbonise their systems.