FLEET End of Project Report
Farm Level Economic, Environmental and Transport modelling of alternative feedstock solutions for regional anaerobic digestion plants in Ireland
By Teagasc
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Various European Union and Irish policy documents identify a role for bioenergy as a means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and energy production in Ireland. Ireland’s Climate Action Plan has several sectoral targets for emissions reductions by 2030, including: 50% in the transport sector; 35% in industry; and 25% in agriculture relative to the 2018 level. Ireland’s Climate Action Plan also increased the target for Anaerobic Digestion (AD) to 5.7 terawatt-hours (TWh) of biomethane, recognising the role AD can play in reducing emissions and creating a circular bioeconomy.
FLEET, Farm level economic, environmental and transport modelling of alternative feedstocks for regional Anaerobic Digestion, is a project co-ordinated by Teagasc and funded by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and Gas Networks Ireland (GNI). The project has made extensive use of the Teagasc National Farm Survey (NFS) to assess the feasibility of the export of feedstock from farms to support biomethane generation through Anaerobic Digestion (AD).