Biogas should be more than a 0.5% renewable energy for Ireland

Biogas remains one of Ireland’s renewable energy Cinderellas, in stark contrast to some other EU countries, such as Germany.

Over 9,000 biogas plants have been built in Germany since the year 2000, due to the positive stimulus provided by the German government over a decade.

The biogas (anaerobic digestion, AD) industry has also flourished in the UK over the past five years, with more than 180 plants, and more than 200 others in the development pipeline.