Bioenergy Implementation Plan - South-East Regional Authority

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2.8. Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR) is the Government Department with responsibility for the telecommunications and broadcasting sectors and regulates, protects and develops the Natural Resources of Ireland. The key objectives of the DCENR in the energy sector are: • To develop a competitive energy supply industry • To ensure security and reliability of energy supply • To develop energy conservation and end-use efficiency. 2.9. Environmental Protection Agency The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent public body established under the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992 and is directly responsible for a wide range of functions, including the regulation of large or complex activities that have significant polluting potential; for monitoring and reporting on environmental quality; and enforcing compliance with environmental protection legislation in Ireland. The mission of the EPA is to protect and improve the natural environment for present and future generations, taking into account the environmental, social and economic principles of sustainable development. The headquarters of the EPA is within the South-East Region at Johnstown Castle, Co. Wexford. 2.10. Teagasc – Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority Teagasc is a semi-state organisation established under legislation enacted by the Irish Government. The 11 member Board is appointed by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and has representatives from the farming organisations, the food industry, the universities, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Teagasc staff. Teagasc provides integrated research, advisory and training services for the agriculture and food industry in Ireland. It is a client-based organisation that operates in partnership with all sectors of the agriculture and food industry and with rural development agencies. Around 75% of Teagasc’s annual budget comes from the Irish exchequer and EU funding with the balance generated from earned income. Some 40% of the budget is devoted to research with the remainder split half and half between advisory and training services. Teagasc Headquarters is located within the South-East Region, at Oak Park in Carlow. Oak Park is also the location of Teagasc biofuels activities. south-east regional authority údarás réigiúnach an Oir-DheisCIrt 11
The current programme aims to: • Investigate the options for the production of energy from agricultural and forest crops and residues • Improve the efficiency of production of energy crops such as willow, miscanthus, oil-seed rape and others • Investigate the disposal of effluents on perennial energy crop sites as a means of enhancing their profitability • Monitor and work to improve the quality of solid and liquid biofuel products such as biodiesel, pure plant oil, wood chips and biomass pellets. 2.10.1. National Bioenergy and Industrial Biotechnology Centre (NBIBC) It is proposed to establish a NBIBC with its main operations in Carlow and to establish a research fund to facilitate a virtual centre between all the main research labs in this area nationally. The initiative which is being progressed in the Region represents a collaboration between Teagasc National Crop Research Centre, Carlow and participating laboratories in NUI Galway, NUI Cork, NUI Dublin, Trinity College Dublin, IT Carlow and NUI Maynooth. Teagasc Oak Park is taking a lead role in promoting this initiative. The NBIBC will carry out research in a range of areas including the transformation of lignocellulose for bioethanol which is the next generation of economic biofuel, the development of novel plants designed specifically for energy purposes, production of other high-value biomolecules and novel enzymatic and microbial engineering. 2.11. The Planning Departments of the Six Local Authorities The Planning Departments of all six of the principal local authorities within the Region were also represented on the Steering Committee for the development of the South-East Regional Bioenergy Implementation Plan. The planning authorities aim to ensure that the policies of the Plan are consistent with the principles of sustainable development and will ensure that they are incorporated into the planning policies of each county. This will ensure consistency across the Region in the approach to bioenergy development. 12 south-east regional authority údarás réigiúnach an Oir-DheisCIrt
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Private companies normally require
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The key objective of this Regulatio
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