Brian O Gallachoir Director at MaREI highlighting the 'blindspot' - bioenergy contributes more to EU renewables than any other source like wind or solar - it is the 'hidden giant' - so why is there negative discourse on this source that we NEED to meet our targets?

John Bingham of Hawkins Wright on stage during his presentation today Bioenergy Future Irl

Panel discussion just starting with Donna Gartland Nick Cotter EPA Ecology Macra na Feirme Hayes' Farm

Panel discussion starting, Thomas Duffy Macra na Feirme speaking about the challenges to get Irish young farmers interested in bioenergy, forestry, energy crops. Laura Burke EPA Ireland aspirations for climate change is there but the reality on the ground is very different.

Session 2 starting at the IrBEA National Bioenergy Conference with panel discussion from Laura Burke U.S. EPA, Thomas Duffy Thomas Duffy Macra na Feirme, @NickCotter100, Donal Hayes Tipperary Cheese, Billy Costello

Laura Burke EPA Ireland huge opportunity for BioEnergy and agriculture to be part of future energy mix and help decarbonise the energy sector. Unless it’s sustainable it will undermine credibility of sector. IrBEA national conference Croke Park

Very interesting perspectives on the different dimensions of bioenergy opportunities at Bioenergy 2020 - farming, policy, business and technology. ⁦Donna Gartland⁩ ⁦Nick Cotter⁩ ⁦Macra na Feirme⁩ ⁦IrBEA⁩ ⁦@EPAClimateNews⁩ ⁦

Ray Langton of SEAI opens up the third session at the IrBEA Bioenergy Future Irl conference in Croke Park

A privilege today to speak on firewood’s place in decarbonising our domestic heating sector at the Bioenergy Future Irl conference. Congrats to IrBEA on another successful conference today! QuercusUCC Thomas Duffy Donna Gartland EPA Ireland Macra na Feirme Hayes' Farm

Thank you guys for your great presentations this morning Seán Finan John MaNamara @bordnamona @phelanp1 Brian O Gallachoir Tom Egan @BordnaMona John Bingham Hawkins Wright Noel Gavigan Padraic ONeill, great day!

Eugene Hendrick of Wood Fuel Quality Assurance during our afternoon session Bioenergy Future Irl

Garrett Monaghan of Pinsent Masons speaking at our afternoon session today Bioenergy Future Irl

Great day at our stand at the Bioenergy Future Irl Ireland Conference today, all about the Power Behind a Sustainable Future and inspiring the industry with opportunity and vision.

Great conference yesterday Bioenergy Future Irl Snapshot of progress by IrBEA in the promoting the Irish Bioenergy Industry. #bioenergy #energy #renewableenergy

Sponsors @BordnaMona of Bioenergy Future Irl highlighted work to date in the #bioenergy field Dr John John MacNamara & colleagues showed efforts being made by the power sector in #Ireland to use 70% of #energy from #renewable sources by 2030 #renewableenergy #decarbonisation

We’re at the Bioenergy Future Irl conference today discussing topics ranging from offsetting fossil fuels with #biogas and creating a reliable indigenous biomass supply. @BordnaMona IrBEA #Bioenergy #sustainability

The ⁦IrBEA⁩ executive team enjoyed meeting all its members & delegates at the 2020 National Bioenergy Conference yesterday at Croke Park. ⁦Stood at the stand is ⁦Noel Gavigan⁩ Trish Lawlor ⁦Seán Finan⁩, Teresa OBrien

Bioenergy Future Ireland Conference 2020, photos from the day. Ireland’s premier Bioenergy event, we would like to thank everyone for attending and making it such a great day.

“Lack of regulation is a significant challenge as there is a lot of inferior, sub-standard wet firewood out on the market” - thanks to Irish Farmers Journal for covering the important need for regulation in the domestic firewood market 🔥 QuercusUCC farmersjournal.ie/wood-energy-be…

Today in Land Use Supplement Irish Farmers Journal Amii McKeever reports on-farm renewable energy Seán Finan IrBEA CEO talks about the potential for domestic & non-domestic biomass heating & the scope for medium/large scale agriculture based biomethane plants irbea.org/wp-content/upl…