Bioenergy Implementation Plan - South-East Regional Authority

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TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TABLE OF CONTENTS ENERGY CONVERSION FACTORS EMISSION FACTORS GLOSSARY OF TERMS Page ii iii ix xiv xiv xv SECTION ONE – Introduction to the Bioenergy Plan for the South-East Region 1 1. Introduction 2 1.1. Bioenergy 4 1.2. The South-East Region 4 1.3. Drivers for Bioenergy Development in the South-East Region 5 2. Key Participants in the Preparation of the Bioenergy Plan 7 2.1. The South-East Regional Authority 7 2.2. Sustainable Energy Ireland 8 2.3. The Association of Irish Energy Agencies 9 2.4. The Tipperary Energy Agency 9 2.5. The Carlow Kilkenny Energy Agency 9 2.6. The Waterford Energy Bureau 10 2.7. The Wexford Energy Management Agency Ltd. 10 2.8. The Department of Communications, Energy & Natural Resources 11 2.9. The Environmental Protection Agency 11 2.10. Teagasc – Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority 11 2.10.1. National Bioenergy and Industrial Biotechnology Centre (NBIBC) 12 2.11. The Planning Departments of the Six Local Authorities 12 3. Regulatory Framework 13 3.1. International Policy 13 3.1.1. Kyoto Protocol 13 3.2. EU Legislation & Policy 13 3.2.1. Energy for the Future, Renewable Sources of Energy – White Paper for a Community Strategy and Action Plan ( 3 ) 13 3.2.2. European Commission’s Green Paper “Towards a European Strategy for the Security of Energy Supply (2000)( 4 ) 15 3.2.3. EU Directive on the Promotion of Electricity produced from Renewable Energy Sources in the Internal Electricity Market (2001/77/ec)( 5 ) 15 3.2.4. Buildings Directive (2002/91/ec)( 7 ) 15 3.2.5. Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Reform( 8 ) 15 3.2.6. Biofuels Directive (2003/30/ec)( 9 ) 15 3.2.7. Biomass Action Plan (Dec 2005)( 2 ) 16 3.2.8. An EU Strategy for Biofuels (Feb 2006)( 10 ) 16 3.2.9. An Energy Policy for Europe (2007)( 11 ) 16 3.3. National Bioenergy Policy 17 3.3.1. Green Paper on Sustainable Energy – 1999( 12 ) 17 3.3.2. National Climate Change Strategy – 2000( 13 ) 17 3.3.3. The Bioenergy Action Plan for Ireland (2007)( 14 ) 17 3.3.4. White Paper: Delivering a Sustainable Energy Future for Ireland (2007)( 15 ) 18 3.3.5. National Climate Change Strategy 2007-2012( 16 ) 19 3.4. Government Incentive Schemes 19 3.4.1. Greener Homes Scheme( 17 ) 19 3.4.2. Renewable Heat Deployment Programme (Reheat)( 18 ) 20 south-east regional authority údarás réigiúnach an Oir-DheisCIrt ix
3.4.3. Refit 21 3.4.4. CHP Deployment Programme( 19 ) 21 3.4.5. Biofuels Mineral Oil Tax Relief Scheme ii 21 3.4.6. Public and Commercial Sector Programme( 20 ) 22 3.4.7. The Bioenergy Scheme( 21 ) 23 4. Methodology for the Development of a Regional Strategy 24 SECTION TWO – Current Situation within the South-East Region 25 5. Current Energy Balance 26 5.1. Energy Balance Method 26 5.2. Regional Fuel Consumption 27 5.3. The Residential Sector 28 5.4. The Transport Sector 29 5.4.1. Road Transport in the South-East 29 5.4.2. Other Transport in the South-East 30 5.5. The Industrial Sector 30 5.6. Commercial & Public Services 31 5.7. The Agricultural Sector 32 5.8. Energy Requirement & Consumption within the South-East Region 32 5.9. Data Sources 32 6. Bioenergy Resources within the Region 33 6.1. Review of Bioenergy Resources 33 6.2. Summary of Regional Bioenergy Resources 34 6.3. Energy Resource from Forestry in the South-East Region 35 6.4. Energy Resource from Agricultural By-products in the South-East Region 36 6.5. Energy Crops within the South-East Region 37 6.5.1. Oil Seed Rape 37 6.5.2. Willow & Miscanthus 37 6.5.3. Grass as an Energy Crop 38 6.6. Municipal Solid Waste 39 6.7. Landfill Gas 40 6.8. Potential to Increase Energy Production within the Region 40 6.8.1. Potential to Expand OSR Crop 41 6.8.2. Bioethanol from Sugar Beet 41 6.8.3. Potential to Increase Willow/Miscanthus Production 42 6.9. Application of Bioenergy Resources 42 7. Technology Description of Biofuel Production 43 7.1. Wood Fuel Production 43 7.1.1. Wood Chips 43 7.1.2. Wood Pellets 44 7.1.3. The Distribution of Wood Chips and Pellets 44 7.2. Biodiesel Production 44 7.3. Bioethanol Production 45 7.4. Anaerobic Digestion 46 7.4.1. Co-Product from Biogas Production 48 7.4.2. Farm-Scale Biogas Production 48 7.4.3. Centralised Biogas Production 48 8. Application & Infrastructure 49 8.1. The Heat Sector 49 8.1.1. Small-Scale Heating Boiler, Wood-fuel Fired 49 8.1.2. Medium-Scale Heating Boilers, Wood Fuel Fired 50 x south-east regional authority údarás réigiúnach an Oir-DheisCIrt
Page 1 and 2: south-east regional authority údar
Page 3 and 4: South Tipperary Tipperary Cahir Cas
Page 5 and 6: FOREWORD Energy policy has become i
Page 7 and 8: Regional targets have been set for
Page 9 and 10: Transport Sector Green Biofuels Ire
Page 11: Heat Sector Targets Key Actions Pub
Page 15 and 16: 11. Statutory Requirements For Bioe
Page 17 and 18: ENERGY CONVERSION FACTORS TO toe MW
Page 19 and 20: LFG LPG MJ MOT MOTR MSW Mt MW MWh N
Page 21 and 22: 1. INTRODUCTION Energy security and
Page 23 and 24: 1.1. Bioenergy Bioenergy is the gen
Page 25 and 26: Chapter 5 contains the current esti
Page 27 and 28: SERA, since its establishment, has
Page 29 and 30: the negotiation of energy supply co
Page 31 and 32: The current programme aims to: •
Page 33 and 34: Figure 3.1: Summary of Bioenergy Po
Page 35 and 36: The Directive aims to promote the u
Page 37 and 38: The main provisions of the Bioenerg
Page 39 and 40: By mid-2007 almost 14,000 applicati
Page 41 and 42: On 23rd November 2006 the DCENR ann
Page 43 and 44: 4. METHODOLOGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
Page 45 and 46: 5. CURRENT ENERGY BALANCE An estima
Page 47 and 48: Table 5.3 outlines the current esti
Page 49 and 50: The figures for 2006 had been relea
Page 51 and 52: 5.7. The Agricultural Sector The to
Page 53 and 54: Sugar Beet and Cereals Sugar beet a
Page 55 and 56: Table 6.2 shows the current planted
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7.1.2. Wood Pellets Figure 7.2: Flo
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of the cereal and the latter can be
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7.4.1. Co-product from Biogas Produ
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8.1.2. Medium-Scale Heating Boilers
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Figure 8.2: Combined Heat and Power
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The different application and distr
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8.4. Petrol Vehicles Bioethanol can
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9. VIABILITY ANALYSES OF BIOENERGY
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In the transport sector the use of
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Private companies normally require
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The conclusions from the viability
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The investment costs for a wood chi
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9.5. Qualitative Assessments of oth
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9.6. Summary of the Bioenergy Poten
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10. BARRIER ASSESSMENT Despite a la
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another. The successful implementat
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11. STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS FOR BIOE
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(c) a description of the likely sig
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The key objective of this Regulatio
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12. BIOENERGY IMPLEMENTATION PLAN F
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These targets were suggested, based
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12.3.1. Achieving the 2010 Sectoral
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Table 12.8: Sectoral Targets for 20
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6. Successful achievement of Region
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3. Promote Awareness of the Potenti
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5. Electricity Sector: To increase
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Appendices south-east regional auth
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SEI Approved Installers in the Sout
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Project: Technology: Project Summar
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Project: Technology: Project Summar
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Assumptions Regarding Fuel The fuel
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For the analysis of wood fuel based
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