Financing Secured for Poolbeg Incinerator

Plans for a €400 million waste incinerator could go ahead in the coming months as Covanta, the American company behind the Poolbeg incinerator project, announce they have secured financing. The American energy firm in partnership with Dublin City Council plan to develop a 600,000-tonne capacity plant in the Poolbeg region of South East Dublin.  According … Read more

Poultry Biomass Fuelled Power Plant Approved

Northern Ireland Environment Minister Edwin Poots has approved plans for a biomass fuelled power plant at Glenavy, County Antrim. The power plant will be fuelled by poultry bedding and meat and bone meal (approximately 260,000 tonnes annually) to produce 30MW of electricity as an output of the incineration process. The planning application by developer Rose Energy … Read more