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Renewables
NI looks to AD to solve water quality challenges
Noel Bardon
NI plans to separate slurry on-farm, before sending the solid fraction to AD plants.
4 December 2024 Renewables
Farmers told AD can cut reliance on fertiliser
Bioelectric claims that its systems can help address farm emissions, water quality and ammonia issues.
28 November 2024 Diversification
Margins in silage for AD make sense for drystock but not dairy - Teagasc
It could make more financial sense for the average suckler farmer to grow silage for steel rather than sucklers, Teagasc research suggests.
Too late to change Ireland’s anaerobic digestion direction?
Stephen Robb looks ahead at some of the challenges facing the next Government as Ireland’s fledgling anaerobic digestion industry struggles to get off the ground.
27 November 2024 Renewables
Critical farm renewables reset needed
With an election looming, in the first of two articles, Stephen Robb explores whether it is time for a critical reset in our approach to renewable electricity development on farms.
20 November 2024 Renewables
New 98,000t AD plant proposed at Lisheen Mine
The proposed anaerobic digestion (AD) plant is located close to an operational sludge AD plant, as well as a proposed large-scale AD, compost and growing media facility in the area.
13 November 2024 News
Meath AD plant looks for farmer investors
The AD plant, located in Carnaross, Meath, is seeking farmers and co-ops to invest in the project.
13 November 2024 News
Meath AD plant seeks farmer investors and claims 18% return
The AD plant, located in Carnaross, Co Meath, is looking for investors, including farmers and co-ops, to invest in the project.
11 November 2024 News
Dublin AD plant to build slurry stores for farmers
They said the minimum viable landholding that would allow them to build a slurry tank is around 500ac, and the farmer must use the digestate for 10 years or more.
6 November 2024 News
10,000ac digestate opportunity for Dublin and Meath farmers
Located just off the M50 in Huntstown, Bia Energy is seeking to partner with farmers for long-term digestate agreements and, in return, will build slurry tanks for them, writes Stephen Robb.
6 November 2024 Renewables
Nephin and Gas Networks Ireland to collaborate on biomethane
Nephin Renewable Gas, the company aiming to become Ireland's largest developer of anaerobic digestion plants, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Gas Networks Ireland.
6 November 2024 Renewables
Danish farmers paid to build slurry tanks for AD
Danish energy supplier, Nature Energy, spoke during an Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) information webinar about the prospects of bioeconomy.
30 October 2024 News