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November 2009

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	CONTENTS
		How Much Will a Carbon Tax Cost? Potential for CHP in Ireland Land Use Planning in the Vicinity of COMAH Sites Process Safety: SIL-based Systems Energy Performance in Buildings Environmental Liabilities Regulations

		Newsletter Archive Articles

	IN THIS ISSUE
	How Much Will a Carbon Tax Cost? It is widely anticipated that the forthcoming budget will introduce a Carbon Tax. In its September 2009 report the Commission on Taxation put forward a variety of recommendations on how a Carbon Tax should be implemented, including a recommendation on an appropriate rate. More…
	Potential for CHP in Ireland Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) recently published a reported prepared by Byrne Ó Cléirigh on the potential for Combined Heat and Power (CHP) in Ireland. More…
	Land Use Planning in the Vicinity of COMAH Sites The Health & Safety Authority has recently produced a new guidance document on how land use planning decisions will be made in the vicinity of COMAH / Seveso establishments. More…
	Process Safety: SIL-based Systems Electrical or electronic items of equipment can form important elements of process safety systems. It is important that such equipment is suitable for its purpose and that the overall safety system can provide an appropriate level of protection to ensure that the risk is kept as low as reasonably practicable. More…
	Energy Performance in Buildings The EU Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings (EPBD) contains a range of provisions aimed at improving the energy performance of residential and non-residential buildings, both new-build and existing. More…
	Environmental Liabilities Regulations The recent Environmental Liability Regulations go further than the ‘polluter pays’ principle: operators are also liable for taking preventative actions if their activities cause an imminent threat of environmental damage. More…

	Electric Vehicles Byrne Ó Cléirigh is currently coordinating the deployment of Electric Vehicles on the Aran Islands. The vehicles will be recharged, at night time, using electricity from the islands’ wind farm. The objective of this pilot programme, which is funded by SEI, is to research the potential for renewable energy in transport. The Irish Government’s strategy is to have 10% of the road transport fleet powered by electricity by 2020. Progress on this programme will be reported in future newsletters.

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