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Seanad: National Climate Change Strategy 2000: Motion (21 Mar 2007): Derek McDowell: ...of fuels. The Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government has been talking about cofiring as a means of electricity generation for a number of years. It could involve a mix of peat and biomass, or a mix of coal and biomass. An opportunity still exists in Moneypoint to do something along those lines and I hope we will take it. This illustrates the essential conflict...
Seanad: National Climate Change Strategy 2000: Motion (21 Mar 2007): Derek McDowell: I accept that is the case. If one considers this issue from the point of view of purely climate change, there is an overwhelming case for closing all the peat stations. They have been effectively closed and three new ones have been recommissioned. Peat is an enormous emitter of greenhouse gases, accounting for approximately 10% of the greenhouse gases emitted by the electricity sector....

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