Ireland’s energy infrastructure challenges – report

February 27th, 2012
Engineers Ireland has today brought out its analysis of Ireland’s energy infrastructure. According to the body, Ireland’s energy infrastructure in Ireland has served the country well up to now, but it is now facing significant challenges, including security of supply, competitiveness and meeting carbon emission targets.
The publication of the report The State of [...]

Clean Energy

District Heating

Heat recovery in the pyrolysis process affords an opportunity to engage locally with heat sinks in the form of industry, hotels , hospitals or leisure facilities to supply cost effective heating for these activities. 2 MW of heat per tonne of feedstock will be produced as a minimum through efficient pyrolysis schemes. Heating requirements of in excess of 1000 homes can easily be met by small-scale pyrolysis installations, reducing dependency on fossil fuels.