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Our vision:

“Ireland as a leading European model for the delivery of secure, sustainable and affordable renewable gas — enabling a competitive, indigenous, biomethane industry, advancing the circular bioeconomy across Ireland’s farming, food and energy systems – and supporting climate transition and energy security.”

Perspectives on AD biomethane production in Ireland

Anne Marie Henihan,
Director, Dairy Processing Technology Centre

Matthew Macken
Farmer, County Mayo

Paul Murphy
CEO, Climeaction

PJ McCarthy
Head of Strategy and Policy, RGFI

Our Mission and Priorities

RGFI is Ireland’s strategic industry advocacy forum. Our membership represents the full value chain – from feedstock providers and developers, through to energy suppliers and large energy users. Working with them we developed the integrated business cases that laid the foundations of the Irish biomethane industry and informed the National Biomethane Strategy.

We can deliver not only renewable gas, but wider circular, bioeconomy value including organic fertilisers, CO2, carbon recycling and sustainable rural development.

Our priorities to accelerate affordable, sustainable, renewable gas deployment are:

  • Enable policy and regulatory frameworks
  • Remove delivery barriers – planning, permitting and grid / infrastructure challenges
  • Support market creation and financial certainty
  • Promote biomethane and its co-products among end users

Harmen Dekker, CEO, European Biogas Association on Ireland’s renewable gas potential

Benefits of Digestate from Biogas Plants as Biofertilizer

WHY BIOMETHANE MATTERS

Biomethane has a critical role to play in Ireland’s energy system, including:

– Decarbonising industrial heat –
– Supporting circular agricultural practices –
– Strengthening energy security through indigenous supply –

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