Biomethane sector 'barely at a starting point' as industry tells Oireachtas committee that cost is 'main barrier'
The Department of Agriculture in partnership with the Department of the Environment is currently developing this national strategy, which will set out how the country is to produce and deliver the target of 5.7 TWh of indigenously produced biomethane by 2030.Â
The biomethane sector is "barely at a starting point" in Ireland, industry has said, as it outlined the main barrier to the development and expansion of sustainable biomethane as being cost.
Sean Finan, chief executive of the Irish Bioenergy Association said this week that the biomethane sector is "booming" across Europe, while Ireland lags behind other countries.
