Authors:
Bord na Mona, Boora, Leabeg, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
energy, peat, planning
Documentfile:
ipc16p658-660a396byrne.pdf
Summary:
SUMMARY
Bord na Mona has announced that it will cease to produce energy peat by 2030. The peatland, currently tied up in the production of energy peat will be released for other uses. With a commitment not to develop any new bogs for production, the defined and declining peat resource must be managed to meet ongoing power generation requirements. This paper looks at the planning and optimisation of energy peat production to closure in 2030, how outlying bogs will quickly become surplus to requirements as co-firing with biomass grows and how some of these bogs will later return into production as the peat resource adjacent to the power stations continues…