Written answers

Tuesday, 24 January 2023

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Electricity Generation

Photo of Colm BurkeColm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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667. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has engaged with electricity companies in respect of limits the companies have set regarding the amount of energy they will purchase from a standalone farm or a group of farmers who operate an anaerobic digester plant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3213/23]

Photo of Charlie McConalogueCharlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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Energy policy is a matter for the Department of Environment, Climate Action and Communications (DECC), including electricity policy.

While my department as a role to play in the provision of agricultural feedstocks as a positive contribution to the decarbonisation of the energy system, the engagement between electricity suppliers and Anaerobic digestion developers is a matter for the market.

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