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Bord Na Mona Bio Energy Contracts

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  • #2
    F.D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 718 ✭✭✭F.D


    i think the farmer will be the guinnea pig and if bordnamona can get it to grow on all the bogs they have for less money the farmer will be cut out of the equation


  • #3
    Colmm23
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 98 ✭✭Colmm23


    Wouldn't fancy trying to haverst mischantus off the bog in february though!! Would peat not be too acidic also?
    I'd imagine that it would be very expensive to establish and maintain the crops on the bogs when they can lock the farmer into a contract and then dictate the price they pay for the material.


  • #4
    nilhg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,185 ✭✭✭nilhg


    Edenderry Power is only 7 miles from me and if they were to use the old Ballydermot works as a depot it'd be only 3 miles.

    It's going to be interesting to see what sort of offer they come up with, to get the hectares they need in this area they'll have to be competitive and the grain price has risen again this harvest. A lot will depend on the way they approach it, quite an amount of land is leased and rented around here, so a long term contract with BNM might be attractive to some landowners but upfront establishment costs wouldn't.

    Personally it would have to be really attractive to get me in, tying up land for a 15 year run doesn't appeal, unless someone can come up with a one year rotational energy crop they may well struggle to get enough.

    Wonder what they might pay for straw?


  • #5
    reilig
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,401 ✭✭✭reilig


    The article talks about them giving contracts with guaranteed minimum prices which would increase with inflation - so you could determin the minimum that you would receive every year before you sign the contract and be sure to receive it.

    The article also suggests that BNM will establish the crop or pay for its establishment and just contract out the maintenance and harvesting of the crops to farmers through which they would receive payment for the use of their land over the time period also.

    I don't think that bog land would be suitable for the reasons mentioned below. Anyway, BNM will still need their bogs to provide peat as Biomas will only be 30% of their fuel.


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