Developing Wood Fuel Market in Ireland
The energy resources that we currently use for homes in
Ireland are from fossil fuels.
These fossil fuels are a natural resource and therefore they will always be limited.
Consequently, this leads to unpredictable price changes in fuels throughout the world.
As the population of
Ireland increases, the fossil fuel quantities are decreasing and we also must meet targets for EU environmental legislation.
We are therefore guided into an era of developing alternative energy usages. These energy alternatives are also being brought onto the Irish marketplace in a number of different ways.
In particular
Ireland is set for tougher building regulations in the area of energy efficiency demanding a minimum of 40% reduction in energy demand in buildings therefore inevitably reducing their carbon footprint.
There are a number of alternative energy resources that are available at present. Wood fuel energy is an alternative energy available to the Irish marketplace that came into use a number of years ago.
Woodchip can provide whole heating systems for houses and buildings.
The woodchip is normally sourced from local forests in an area.
The benefits are phenomenal because not only does the use of woodchip result in substantial long term savings but it also results in providing income and employment in rural areas of
Ireland.
A great example of this is the
Abbey
Vocational School in Donegal where they were grant aided by a number of local boards to install a woodchip boiler.
They had an oil fired heating system in place before this.
Once installed, the woodchip boiler will save them 10% on heating bills straight away and vast amounts of money in the future, as they have agreed a set price for the next 7 years with a local energy company for heating and this therefore removes the risk of paying increasing costs for fossil fuel prices.
This is only one example of how wood chip boilers can not only provide heating systems but have benefits across the board.
Currently, this alternative energy use is working in a number of locations around
Ireland however we believe that it will be an increasing feature of the Irish energy market in the near future.
For further information on Biofuels or Alternative Energy please contact the Sales Team on 041 984 5440 or info@euroenv.ie
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