Check woody biomass conversion to Biodiesel

[vahid-aryanpur]

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[daly-h]

From Andrew:
"From what I can see so far, there are technically viable options, but the economics is not there anywhere for people to start building anything other than tiny demonstration plants.

I suspect that we won't be able to say that there'd be a technical limit on biomass/biofuel imports. But it is likely that it'd make much more sense to import the refined product than to import the raw material and refine it here. That's because of the low energy density and specific energy of available energy in the raw material; and because of the absence of any comparative advantage for the refining to happen here, if the feedstock was not grown here.

On total available supply, the restriction really happens at the global, rather than national level. Which suggests that the quantity would in effect be unlimited as far as Ireland is concerned, but the price would rise over time as global demand increased; primarily for the hardest-to-decarbonise sectors: long-distance aviation & ocean shipping"

On this basis, I suggest removing all solid biomass -> biofuel supply technologies.

[daly-h]

On a similar theme, I suggest removing the grass -> ethanol technology

[vahid-aryanpur]

Both addressed.