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The Irish are presently in pursuit of energy independence and the further improvement of their robust financial system through the implementation of research and development into alternative energy sources. At the time of this writing, about 90% of Ireland’s energy demands are met through importation-the highest degree of foreign product dependence in the nation’s entire history.  This is a very precarious situation to be in, and the need for developing alternative energy sources in Ireland is sharply recognized.

Ireland also seeks to conserve and rejuvenate its naturally beautiful environment and to clean its atmosphere through the execution of alternative energy supplies. The European Union has ordered a reduction in sulfuric and nitric oxide by-products for all member nations. Green energy is necessary to meet these objectives. Hydroelectric power has been utilized in Ireland in some areas since the 1930s and has been very useful; however, more of it needs to be put in.  Ireland also needs to funnel the wave power of the Atlantic Ocean, which on its west coast is a possible energy supply that the land has in great store.

Ireland actually has the potential to become an energy distributor, rather than a nation so heavily dependent on power importation. This energy potential dwells in Ireland’s substantial wind, ocean wave, and biomass-producing alternative energy potentials. Ireland could transform into a source of ocean wave-produced electricity and biomass-fueled energy to continental Europe and, as they say, “make a killing”.

At the present time, Ireland is most precisely focused on reaching the point where it can make 15% of the nation’s electricity through wind farms, which the government has set as a national objective to be reached by 2010. But colleges, research institutes, and government employees in Ireland have been saying that the advancement of ocean wave energy technology would be a true powering force for the nation’s economy and one which would considerably help to make Ireland energy independent.

A test area for developing wave ocean energy has been developed in Ireland, less than two miles off the coast of An Spideal in County Galway Bay.  This experimental ocean wave harnessing site is referred to as “Wavebob”. The most energetic waves in the world are located off the West coast of Ireland, says Ireland’s Marine Institute CEO Dr. Peter Heffernan. The technology to channel the power of the ocean is only just appearing and Ireland has the likelihood to become a market leader in this market. David Taylor, CEO of the Sustainable Energy Initiative,or SEI, tells us that SEI is committed to innovation in the renewable energy sector. Wave energy is a successful new renewable energy resource which could one day make an important contribution to Ireland’s electricity generation mix thereby further reducing our dependency on fossil fuels.

Padraig Walshe, the head of the Irish Farmers Association, tells us that with the closure of the sugar beet industry, an increasing amount of Irish land sources will become available for alternative uses, along with bioenergy production. Today, renewable energy sources meet only 2% of Ireland’s total energy consumption. From an agricultural perspective, growing energy crops will only have a viable future if they provide an economic profit on investment and labor, and if the prospect of this return is secure into the long run. Currently the return from energy crops is marginal and is obstructing the development of the industry. Biomass energies need to be further researched by Ireland.

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