‘Bio-mass fuels targets need to be set’

OUR government must set energy targets for heating from bio-mass fuels, which would be greener and indigenously produced, the Wood Energy Association says.

Ireland has the highest dependence on imported energy of any OECD country, according to Waterford-based James Kennedy, chairman of the WEA.

The group was set up to promote the use of renewable energy from forestry, bio-mass crops and timber-processing by-products.