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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