BioEnergy Working Group

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BioEnergy Working Group

• The primary objective of the Bioenergy Working
  Group is to chart the sustainable path to achieve
  the 2020 bioenergy targets.

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• Follows on from the Ministerial Task Force on
  Bioenergy (2006)
• The output of its deliberations the Bioenergy
  Action Plan for Ireland sets out an integrated
  strategy for the exploitation of bioenergy
  resources across the agriculture, enterprise,
  transport, environment and energy sectors.

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• It informed the Government energy policy document
  - Delivering a Sustainable Energy Future for
  Ireland which established ambitious targets for
  bioenergy for 2020, including
• 12 renewable heat
• 30 co-firing with biomass at the three peat
  power plants
• 800 MWe of CHP
• 10 biofuels

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The scale of the challenge

• The current use of bioenergy in Irelandis 9 PJ
  (218 ktoe) or about 1.4 of the Total Primary
  Energy Requirement.
• To achieve the targets identified in the White
  Paper would require a seven fold increase in
  biomass supply, to approximately 60 PJ (1,425
  ktoe) per year.

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Role of the BWG I

• To develop a Sustainable Bioenergy Supply Roadmap
  (SBSR) for Ireland.
• The roadmap should
• evaluate the national capacity and import
  requirement / potential to deliver the necessary
  sustainable biomass supply
• identify policy options if there is a shortfall,
  propose programmes to increase supply if required
  
• implement such programmes as needed.

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Role of the BWG II

• The Bioenergy Working Group will act as a gateway
  to relevant knowledge and expertise within the
  member Departments and agencies, commission
  studies as required and consult with interested
  parties during the development of the roadmap.

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Outputs

• A dynamic National Bioenergy Resource Inventory
• A basket of current and future technologies that
  are or can be expected to be commercial within
  the required timeframe
• Pathway scenarios to achieve the bioenergy
  targets
• An assessment of the sustainability of the
  pathway scenarios, using an appropriate
  methodology
• Identification of research, development and
  demonstration needs to support the defined
  pathways
• Identification of policy needs to support the
  defined pathways and achieve the goals of
  Delivering a Sustainable Energy Future for
  Ireland.

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Membership

• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
• Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
• Department of Environment, Heritage Local
  Government
• Department of Transport
• COFORD
• Coillte
• Commission for Energy Regulation
• The Irish Farmers Association
• Environmental Protection Agency
• IBEC
• Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants
• Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
• Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
• Department of Environment, Heritage Local
  Government

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Membership II

• Department of Transport
• COFORD
• Coillte
• Commission for Energy Regulation
• The Irish Farmers Association
• Environmental Protection Agency
• IBEC
• Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy Plants
• IrBEA
• Teagasc
• SEI
• Western Development Commission
• Comhar

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SBRM

• Research Development
• Energy end use
• Technology Pathways
• Sustainability
• Resource
• Policy

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Sub Groups

• Resource Base
• End use/standards
• Sustainability

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