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January 7, 2021 3:36 pm
Planning permission has been granted for Bord na Móna Powergen Ltd to develop a biogas plant in Co. Laois.
Conditional approval has been given for the renewable gas facility, along with associated works, to be developed at Cúil na Móna bog, in the townland of Clonboyne and Clonkeen, Portlaoise.
The total area of the development will be 18ha. According to Bord na Móna, the facility is envisaged to treat up to 80,000t of organic material per year.
The renewable gas facility will use anaerobic digestion (AD) to convert the organic material into biogas.
Bord na Móna said that this development will have the capacity to produce “enough renewable biogas to supply up to 5,500 homes per annum”.
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Absolutely devastated - residents react to approval for Laois gas plant
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6 Jan 2021
A biogas plant which takes gases from organic rotting waste. A new plant has been approved in Laois );
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The first biogas plant in Laois was approved yesterday and nearby residents have said they are absolutely devastated .
The plant was sought by Bord na Móna Powergen Ltd and will be built on their bog at Cúil Na Móna Bog in the townland of Clonboyne and Clonkeen, Portlaoise.
Up to 30,000 trucks a year will bring 80,000 tonnes of organic waste including animal waste and brown bin contents into Laois to the site, to be rotted down in tanks. The resultant gasses will be collected and used to replace fossil fuel gas as a renewable source on the Irish gas network.
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