IFA claims lack of government policy damaging to biofuel sector

FARMERS who followed government advice and planted rape seed, miscanthus, willow and other biomass and biofuel crops are furious about a shift in state bioenergy policy, according to the Irish Farmers Association.

President John Bryan said the Government’s bioenergy scheme was “a shambles on the ground”.

He has told Energy Minister Eamonn Ryan that there was an urgent need to restore confidence to the bioenergy sector, which has been very badly damaged through lack of clear Government policy.