Construction is set to begin in mid-2021
An Bord Pleanála has upheld a decision by Cork County Council to grant planning permission for a new flagship gas central grid injection (CGI) facility near Mitchelstown, Co Cork.
The Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) development will allow 590GWh of renewable biomethane to be injected directly into the national gas grid.
This has the potential to heat up to 64,000 homes when operating at full capacity, while also supporting the decarbonisation of local agriculture.
The facility will pave the way for the development of more than 20 local anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in the region. Biomethane will be produced from these AD plants and then transported via road to the new facility for grid injection.