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05/10/2015
Bord na Móna To No Longer Harvest Energy Peat
Bord na Móna has announced the 125,000 acres of bogland currently being used to provide energy peat to three powerstations will transition to new uses by 2030.
After 2030 the company will no longer harvest energy peat and will have completed its move to new sustainable businesses, located across its bogs and landholding.
The move will involve the rehabilitation of tens of thousands of acres of Irish bogs providing new biodiverse habitats that can also support new eco-tourism and community amenity resources.
The new sustainable businesses and activities located across Bord na Móna's bogs will include:
• Renewable Energy development
• Domestic fuels
• Biomass Development
• Resource Recovery
• Horticulture
• Eco-tourism
• Community amenity
Chief Executive Officer of the firm, Mike Quinn, said: "The move also of course means that our carbon profile, which is already falling fairly dramatically, will see a very substantial deceleration in the next decade and a half. Add in the positive improvements in biodiversity across vast areas of land in this country and you have a change of at least National significance."
(CD/LM)
After 2030 the company will no longer harvest energy peat and will have completed its move to new sustainable businesses, located across its bogs and landholding.
The move will involve the rehabilitation of tens of thousands of acres of Irish bogs providing new biodiverse habitats that can also support new eco-tourism and community amenity resources.
The new sustainable businesses and activities located across Bord na Móna's bogs will include:
• Renewable Energy development
• Domestic fuels
• Biomass Development
• Resource Recovery
• Horticulture
• Eco-tourism
• Community amenity
Chief Executive Officer of the firm, Mike Quinn, said: "The move also of course means that our carbon profile, which is already falling fairly dramatically, will see a very substantial deceleration in the next decade and a half. Add in the positive improvements in biodiversity across vast areas of land in this country and you have a change of at least National significance."
(CD/LM)
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