Open day to highlight how farmers can help cut energy costs in half

HOW farmers are helping to cut heating bills by 50% will become clear at tomorrow’s national wood energy open day in the Clare Inn Hotel, Dromoland, Co Clare.

Five businesses in the county have installed wood-chip burners to generate heat, at a cost 50% cheaper than oil.

They are supplied by three wood-chipping centres, one of which is now operating full-time. The wood comes from 85 farmers with a combined 1,000 acres of forest.