Plans have been submitted for a new anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Ballyvass, Castledermot, Kildare.
International developer CycleØ intends to build the plant in Kildare, one of four planned in total across Limerick, Galway, Cavan and Kildare.
The proposed development will take in manure/slurry, whole crop and other organic material and use this to produce renewable biomethane.
Biomethane is a direct replacement for fossil fuel natural gas and will be injected, via a connection to the gas network within the site boundary, into the grid.
The AD plant will also produce organic fertiliser, while carbon dioxide arising from the AD process on site will be captured.
Development
The AD development will consist of two primary digesters, a digestate storage tank, a pump house, two post-digester tanks, a safety flare, two prepits, a pasteurisation buffer tank, a pasteurisation unit, digestate treatment facilities, a feedstock reception building and an odour abatement system.
It will also include roofed silage clamps and a fuel storage tank will be constructed across the 5.12ha site.
The greenfield site is currently used as agricultural pastureland and is located 3.3 km northwest of the town of Castledermot, Kildare, and 11.3 km northeast of Carlow town, Carlow.
Feedstock
The plant would require 90,000 tonnes of agricultural manures, slurries, dairy processing residues, and crop-based feedstocks annually which CycleØ state will be sourced locally.
In its planning files, it states that of the 46 confirmed feedstock sources, 96% (44) are located within a 15km radius of the site, and all are within a 20km radius. The breakdown of the proposed feedstock is as follows:
Cattle Manure: 5,000t.Cattle Slurry: 10,000t.Dairy Production Residues: 5,500t.Drinks Production Residues: 11,000t.Food Production Residues: 5,500t.Grass Silage: 20,000t.Pig Slurry: 18,000t.Poultry Litter: 10,000t.Whole Crop Silage: 5,000t.Jobs
CycleØ said that the proposed development could support between 30-45 jobs, which consists of 5-8 full time jobs in the plant, 14 jobs supported in the applicant’s operational team, and 25 local contractors.
A decision on the plant is due on the 6th of October.
Plans have been submitted for a new anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Ballyvass, Castledermot, Kildare.
International developer CycleØ intends to build the plant in Kildare, one of four planned in total across Limerick, Galway, Cavan and Kildare.
The proposed development will take in manure/slurry, whole crop and other organic material and use this to produce renewable biomethane.
Biomethane is a direct replacement for fossil fuel natural gas and will be injected, via a connection to the gas network within the site boundary, into the grid.
The AD plant will also produce organic fertiliser, while carbon dioxide arising from the AD process on site will be captured.
Development
The AD development will consist of two primary digesters, a digestate storage tank, a pump house, two post-digester tanks, a safety flare, two prepits, a pasteurisation buffer tank, a pasteurisation unit, digestate treatment facilities, a feedstock reception building and an odour abatement system.
It will also include roofed silage clamps and a fuel storage tank will be constructed across the 5.12ha site.
The greenfield site is currently used as agricultural pastureland and is located 3.3 km northwest of the town of Castledermot, Kildare, and 11.3 km northeast of Carlow town, Carlow.
Feedstock
The plant would require 90,000 tonnes of agricultural manures, slurries, dairy processing residues, and crop-based feedstocks annually which CycleØ state will be sourced locally.
In its planning files, it states that of the 46 confirmed feedstock sources, 96% (44) are located within a 15km radius of the site, and all are within a 20km radius. The breakdown of the proposed feedstock is as follows:
Cattle Manure: 5,000t.Cattle Slurry: 10,000t.Dairy Production Residues: 5,500t.Drinks Production Residues: 11,000t.Food Production Residues: 5,500t.Grass Silage: 20,000t.Pig Slurry: 18,000t.Poultry Litter: 10,000t.Whole Crop Silage: 5,000t.Jobs
CycleØ said that the proposed development could support between 30-45 jobs, which consists of 5-8 full time jobs in the plant, 14 jobs supported in the applicant’s operational team, and 25 local contractors.
A decision on the plant is due on the 6th of October.
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