1. UCD Michael Smurfit Business School
Sustainability Club
Ireland becoming a world leader as a
competitive low carbon economy
Gabriel D’Arcy
CEO Bord na Mona plc
17 October, 2012.
17. Natural Resources
Wave Resources
• Best in Europe - annual average
power levels of up to 76kW/m.
• Accessible Resource - 21 TWh or
75% of Irelands 2006 electricity
requirement.
Tidal Resources
• NI Coast has good Resources
• Viable resources - 0.915 TWh per
year.
• Could access up to 336 MW as the
technology advances.
33. Biomass Co-Firing: 220kt 2012?
2011/12 (f)
• 1,032,000 ET fuel Consumed
• 781,000 MWhr Produced
• 160,000 ET of Biomass
• Represents 15.5 % co-firing
• 121,000 MWhr Green Electricity
• 137,000 t CO2 abated
2010/11
• 917,500 ET fuel Consumed
• 700,000 MWhr Produced
• 124,000 ET of Biomass
• Represents 13.5 % co-firing
• 94,500 MWhr Green Electricity
• 107,000 t CO2 abated
38. Recommended Option
Lough Termination Point
Ree Reservoir
Peamount
Reservoir
Garryhinch Bog
River (Bord na Mona)
Storage Saggart
Shannon (Raw Water ) Reservoir
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Lough
Derg
Parteen
Basin
River Shannon
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43. Green Supply Chain Award
Bloom 2012
Source
Procurement Award Marketing Innovation Award
Health & Safety
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45. ‘we’re the first generation with tools to understand change’s in
the earth’s system caused by human activity, and the last with
the opportunity to influence the course of many of the changes
now rapidly under way’
Peter Vitousek
Stanford University Biologist
46. Priority Areas - From Recent EPA Report
• Water
• Habitat and Species
• Waste
• Energy – Renewables
BnM is uniquely positioned to play a leadership role in delivering
Irelands climate change agenda
