Irish behind in awareness of renewable energy sources

Among the main barriers to adoption of FEFTS were affordability, like high upfront costs and long-term investments, along with bureaucracy.

Ireland’s farmers are lagging behind other European countries in their awareness of fossil energy-free technologies, the results of a study have shown.

Experts from across Europe gathered at the Agricultural University of Athens this month to attend the first transnational workshop about greenhouses as part of the AgroFossilFree project — which seeks to contribute to a de-fossilised EU agriculture, promote more energy use efficiency, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.