Paul Lynch and Andy Wilson, authors of the recently published Mayo Energy Audit (see below), are hoping to embark on a far more ambitious project - an energy audit of the Republic of Ireland. The project will examine possible trends in energy demand during the period 2010-2030, and assess the likely energy resources available. The project will also assess the land resource in detail, and examine the competing demands for land posed by livestock, food crops, biomass from sustainable forestry, other energy crops, and non-agricultural land uses.
Although this new study will draw upon work carried out during the Mayo Audit, national and global economic and energy-use trends appear to be taking a more steeply downward curve than forecast in the Mayo study. Accelerating energy demand destruction may have serious implications for the development of renewable energy technologies, in particular emerging technologies such as ocean energy.
The study is expected to take about 18 months to complete, and will cost in the region of €50,000. Sponsorship is currently being sought.
Mayo Energy Audit
For details of the Mayo Audit c lick on the link below:
