Renewable energy resources ignored

IRELAND could dramatically cut its energy import bill of €90 million per week

Sustainable Energy Ireland's Renewable Energy Information Office (REIO) technical manager Paul Kellett said Ireland boasts vast resources of renewable energy which the country is failing to harness.

"Instead we are choosing to spend billions of euro on imported polluting coal, gas and oil rather than develop our own natural sources of clean energy. Given the continued increases in the cost of oil and the recent announcements to further increase the cost of electricity and gas to the Irish user, we can no longer afford to ignore the merits of renewable energy," he said.