Horse trainer’s wife Annemarie O’Brien backs converting electricity station from coal to biomass

A leading figure in Irish horseracing, Annemarie O’Brien, has backed a report on converting Ireland’s largest electricity station from coal to biomass.

Photo credit:At the launch of the energy report were, from left: Gary Jamison, HDS Energy, Prof Jimmy Burke of UCD, Dr Tony White of BW Energy, Annemarie O’Brien of Ballydoyle, and Malcolm Brown of BW Energy. Picture: Lorraine O’Sullivan

The wife of the horse trainer, Aidan O’Brien, said converting Moneypoint powerstation in Co Clare to sustainable biomass could save the landscape from a blight of wind turbines and pylons.