Cluster-based approach ‘best way’ to identify private forest resources

A CLUSTER-BASED approach is the best way to identify private forest resources that are available in Ireland to supply the wood energy market, a conference was told in Kilkenny yesterday.

Teagasc forestry researcher Brian Clifford, speaking at Bioenergy 2009, said private forestry in Ireland is reaching a point with the possibility for it to make a significant contribution to the wood energy market.

However, he told the event, jointly organised by Teagasc, COFORD and Sustainable Energy Ireland, it is necessary to quantify the wood resource from private forestry.