Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 5 July 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion
Mr. J.P. Prendergast:
I will make a follow-on point to that. In the past two or three years, we were involved in a green gas certification process dealing with the production point of origin. One of the opportunities that this has presented in the past two years has been in district heating, in that we can now have rural Ireland supporting projects in larger cities and towns where biomethane rather than gas is used. There would not just be the regeneration of gas, but also the carbon credit associated with it. Rather than considering just the hindrances posed by biomethane, let us also consider the opportunities it presents in the overall picture.