Call for further objections to Anaerobic Digester planned for outskirts of Tullamore
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THE residents of Rahan Road in Tullamore are calling for more people to object to a proposal by Dublin based Strategic Power to construct an Anaerobic Digester at Ballyduff.
The site is located near the Axis Business Park, close to Chadwicks Hardware, and opposite a site for a proposed Laois Offaly Training and Education Board facility.
The residents believe if the development is approved it will have a major detrimental impact on the whole town of Tullamore and not just the Rahan Road.
Strategic Power first applied to Offaly County Council on July, 23, 2020,
Following the trials and tribulations of 2020, one prominent Listowel organisation was only too eager to end the year on a positive note, by spreading some much-needed cheer with the addition of a wonderfully lit giant bauble in the Square. Listowel Business and Community Alliance partnered with Gas Networks Ireland to mount this new addition to the town s Christmas lighting display.
The giant bauble is now on display in a bright symbol of local resilience and hope.
Listowel Business and Community Alliance Marketing Committee member, Cora O Brien discusses the plans, saying: We had worked very hard on a full lighting scheme for Listowel earlier in 2020, however due to Covid we had to postpone those plans until next year. However, we are delighted to have the support of Gas Networks Ireland to help us start our collection of light installations which we will be adding to every year.
December 18, 2020 2:52 pm
Ireland’s power generation is now nearly fully based on gas and wind energy, with 85% of power supply coming from these two energy pillars in November according to the monthly Gas Demand Statement issued by Gas Networks Ireland.
Gas remained the largest supplier of power generation in November, as it has been in all bar two months in 2020.
Gas accounted for
45.1% of power generation in November, but strong wind generation, particularly towards the start of the month, saw wind account for
39.9%.
68% of generation but falling to as low as just 5%.
68%, but the minimum required generation from gas was
Updated / Thursday, 17 Dec 2020
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(from left to right) Matthew Kehoe from Gas Networks Ireland, William Flynn, owner and director of MF Nurseries and Martin Flynn, owner and director of MF Nurseries
MF Nurseries, which trades as Flynn s Irish Tomatoes, is to spend €1.8m on a major expansion of its tomato growing facility at Balheary, Swords in Co Dublin.
The company s expansion will see the development of new greenhouse facilities and a two-kilometre connection to the national gas network.
MF Nurseries said that switching to natural gas as its main source of energy will reduce its carbon emissions by up to 10%.
Almost all of the remaining emissions will then be captured and absorbed by the tomato plants, thanks to the company s innovative greenhouse system.