3% of Ireland's farmland and 1.3m cattle needed to meet AD target
It's expected around 20 large-scale anaerobic digesters will be built in Ireland by 2025, and up to 200 by 2030.
Just 3% of Ireland's agricultural land would be needed for grass to meet the biomethane target set for 2030.
A bigger challenge than finding the 120,000 hectares of grass for biodigesters is likely to be sourcing winter slurry from the equivalent of 1.3 million cattle, according to JJ Lenehan of Teagasc, speaking in a recent Teagasc Signpost event online.
