Boost for anaerobic digestion on farms

A major renewable gas project is to be located at Mitchelstown, Co Cork, because of the location’s huge potential for gas from Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plants on farms, fed by materials such as grass, food waste, slurry and other farm wastes.

Funding for the project has been announced by Gas Networks Ireland (GNI), which owns, operates, builds and maintains the natural gas network in Ireland, supplying 700,000 homes and businesses.