Renewables hold the key to energy security for Ireland
Pictured is Tommy Cooke, Grange, Thurles, Co. Tipperary on his wind farm.
Kilkenny-based dairy farmer, Tommy Cooke, a former president of the ICMSA and an investor in green energy, says that from his perspective (dairy farming uses a lot of energy) and that of farmers in general, “the country is in a lot more trouble than it thinks it is regarding green energy and renewables. But we tend to move quickly when we make a decision. I hope that we are nifty enough to adjust very quickly to changes. There are huge challenges ahead with the big one in the energy area.”
Cooke, who has been working with farmers and rural communities to develop their own community-led energy projects for over twenty years, points out that energy will only be maintained in Ireland if we get all our power from our own resources.
