CONSTRUCTION work is due to start in the middle of this year on a facility near Mitchelstown that will inject renewable gas, produced locally from food and farm-animal waste, into the national network.
An Bord Pleanála recently upheld a ruling last May by Cork County Council planners to grant Gas Networks Ireland permission for the plant at Corracunna/Garryleagh near Mitchelstown.
It makes provision for the demolition of agricultural structures on the 1.8-hectare site and the construction of a Central Gas Injection (CGI) facility and associated works. Permission is valid for a 10-year period.
The site has been selected by Gas Networks Ireland as the key location for their innovative GRAZE (Green Renewable Agricultural & Zero Emissions) gas project, which the company has said would be the latest step in de-carbonising Ireland s gas network .
Construction is set to begin in mid-2021
An Bord Pleanála has upheld a decision by Cork County Council to grant planning permission for a new flagship gas central grid injection (CGI) facility near Mitchelstown, Co Cork.
The Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) development will allow 590GWh of renewable biomethane to be injected directly into the national gas grid.
This has the potential to heat up to 64,000 homes when operating at full capacity, while also supporting the decarbonisation of local agriculture.
The facility will pave the way for the development of more than 20 local anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in the region. Biomethane will be produced from these AD plants and then transported via road to the new facility for grid injection.
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