Thomas Pringle (Donegal South West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is interesting that the plant in Yorkshire has signed contracts for the delivery of biomass from New England. It will be shipped there and transported inland to the plant. Moneypoint is on the coast, so one could ship biomass directly to that plant which would be significantly cheaper than what is happening in Yorkshire.

There is also the potential to develop our own indigenous industry to supply biomass, as well as developing export growth in that regard. It would provide sustainable jobs without damaging local communities, thus allaying concerns about the use of industrial wind turbines. I look forward to seeing the introduction of the strategy. If the refit needs to be redesigned or tweaked we should start that work now. This is a way of achieving our targets without the amount of pain in evidence across the country at the moment.

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