Rural homes and businesses urgently require a wider suite of accessible, affordable, and fairer options to help them transition away from oil and other high carbon fossil-based fuels.
Liquid Gas Ireland’s report, Making the ‘Just Transition’ more sustainable for rural Ireland, demonstrates how lower carbon and renewable fuels like liquid gas (LPG) and BioLPG, offer significant potential to assist rural Ireland to decarbonise. Calling for a mixed technology approach to support rural dwellings to reduce energy carbon emissions, this report encourages the Irish Government to:
- Support renewable ready gas boilers, which can be combined with moderate fabric upgrades to a home, to deliver a BER uplift to B1.
- Integrate LPG, BioLPG and rDME (renewable dimethyl ether) into Government policy, ensuring a wider choice of viable options for homes and businesses located off the natural gas grid.
- Develop a regulatory environment which supports the use and availability of renewable liquid gases to meet the energy needs of rural Ireland.
- Invest in research and development for advanced feedstock options to support the future production of BioLPG and rDME in Ireland.
View or download the full report here: Making the Just Transition more sustainable for rural Ireland
