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Renewables
Diversification on the mind at energy show
Stephen Robb
Many farmers who attended the Energy and Farm Diversification event were seeking new diversification options for their farms, writes Stephen Robb.
24 July 2024 News
Forty-six apply for new €40m AD grant
The €40m fund aims to support the construction of the first handful of new anaerobic digestion plants in Ireland.
22 July 2024 News
Biomethane development office launched in Tipperary
The office will create six jobs in the short-term. However, there could be another 16 indirect jobs created in further project phases if they build an anaerobic digestion plant.
Young Stock Podcast: diversifying farm into anaerobic digestion
Stephen Robb talks to tillage and dairy farmer Colm Carpenter about his decision to develop an anaerobic digestion plant, what it means for farmers, and how to get the dairy industry involved.
15 July 2024 Podcast
Will AD help dairy farmers get over derogation issue?
Aidan Brennan examines the numbers for a typical dairy farm, to see whether exporting slurry and importing digestate can stack up at 170kg N/ha.
10 July 2024 News
Ireland’s €14.5bn food exports in danger - ASA
The ASA has said that Ireland is facing a potential loss of between 750,000 and 1m hectares of food producing farmland.
8 July 2024 News
Tesco to switch to biomethane transport fleet
In a significant move, Tesco Ireland has taken delivery of 50 state-of-the-art biomethane-fuelled trucks, which will operate across its country-wide distribution network.
4 July 2024 News
AD planning is difficult but not impossible
Securing planning permission for anaerobic digestion plants is one of the most challenging aspects of developing a project, but there are solutions to help with the process writes Stephen Robb.
3 July 2024 Renewables
Gas network to be split under new plans to phase out natural gas
Gas Networks Ireland intends to create two separate biomethane and hydrogen gas networks in a bid to fully decarbonise by 2045.
1 July 2024 News
IFJ Junior: making energy from slurry
Methane, which is emitted from slurry, can be captured and used as renewable energy, writes Stephen Robb.
26 June 2024 l2
Renewables in brief: solar sky rockets, AD plant sold and solar safe zones
There have been a number of developments in the renewables industry this week, including the sale of a major Irish anaerobic digestion plant, calls to review solar safe zones and new solar farms.
26 June 2024 Renewables
Roadstone to seek planning for AD plant in Tipperary
At a drop-in information session, the company outlined that it will look for planning permission on a 7.1ha site within its existing quarry.
26 June 2024 News