Objective
To examine the role for developing wood biomass resources in Ireland and to produce guidelines in the context of a National Development Plan for renewable energy.
The project addresses and quantifies;
The land, biomass species, local infrastructure, organisational and investment resources required to establish a viable wood biomass industry;
The local effects relating to social/infrastructure/employment and environmental impacts;
The true economic costs and benefits of developing biomass;
The potential uses for the output of such an industry with electricity production as the primary end use;
The full costs for a development project with comparison of costs with existing fuels and production.
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2 DUBLIN
Ireland