South-East partners optimistic for efficient green energy projects

Paddy Phelan, CEO of South East Energy Agency, outlines a report showing significant support for a promising Bio-CNG development project. He talks to Colette Sheridan 

John Carley, chair of South East Energy Agency; Paddy Phelan, CEO, South East Energy Agency; and Mairead Rohan, board member, South East Energy Agency and Kilkenny Leader Partnership. Photo: Dylan Vaughan The report underscores biomethane as a primary renewable energy source capable of generating up to 47% of the southeast region’s energy needs, and creaeting 240 direct clean energy jobs in the Southeast; a key solution for decarbonising transport and achieving net-zero goals. For more see southeastenergy.ie Pictured at the SEEA AGM at Brandon House Hotel, New Ross are: John Carley, Chairman South East Energy Agency; Paddy Phelan, CEO, South East Energy Agency and Mairead Rohan, Board Member, South East Energy Agency and Kilkenny Leader Partnership. Picture Dylan Vaughan

A clear opportunity to establish nineteen Bio-CNG stations in the southeast region has emerged following the findings of a report that biomethane could solve 47% of the region’s energy needs and create 240 jobs.

The South East Energy Agency (SEEA), a not-for-profit organisation that covers Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford and Waterford, recently unveiled the report — part-funded by Gas Networks Ireland — entitled ‘The Potential of Renewable Gas and the Development of Bio-CNG in Ireland’s South East'.