Agri-Business
Alltech to help with biogas production for Mid-Ulster biorefinery
Global animal nutrition company, Alltech, has signed an agreement with Tobermore Concrete, CEMCOR and Road Safety Contracts to become a...
Biogas
Agri-Business
Danish investment firm to set up seven AD plants in Ireland
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has today (Wednesday, June 12), announced the launch of the Greengate Biogas partnership which will see...
Agri Politics
Markey to host public meeting on challenges in the ag sector
Fine Gael MEP Colm Markey will host a public meeting next week in Co. Kildare to discuss the challenges and...
Dairy
Arla Foods partners with ENORM to prevent dairy waste
Arla Foods has teamed up with ENORM, Northern Europe’s largest insect farm, in a partnership announced today (Wednesday, December 6)...
Rural Life
Campaigners: Gort Biogas plant 'no longer a threat'
Campaigners have claimed that plans by An Board Pleanála to grant permission to build an industrial scale biogas facility in...
Tillage
Tillage: It is feasible to undersow forage maize crops with grass?
A trial carried out at Severn Trent’s biogas farm in Nottingham in the UK has confirmed that it is feasible...
Environment
Climate mitigation strategies that the EU can learn from
With EU carbon levels at a peak globally, the Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) recent conference discussed international climate mitigation strategies...
Environment
33% of Denmark’s animal slurries destined for anaerobic digestion
One-third of all the animal slurries and manures produced in Denmark are currently put through an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant...
Agri Politics
Government urged not to increase energy costs with biogas levy
Aontú Leader and Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín has called on the government to guarantee that citizens will not be...
Environment
AstraZeneca turns to cow manure to cut carbon footprint
Pharmaceutical company, AstraZeneca has announced it is switching to biogas produced from cow manure and food waste in the US...
Agri-Business
Agri-business masters circular economy approach using biogas
A circular economy approach in which vegetable residues are turned into biogas covers up to 40% of the energy used...
N.Ireland
AD accounts for almost 6% of green electricity in Northern Ireland
Almost 6% of the green electricity produced in Northern Ireland last year was generated by anaerobic digestion (AD) operations. Delegates...
Rural Life
MacManus: Gort biogas plant a 'totally unsuitable development'
Sinn Féin MEP Chris MacManus has labelled the proposed biogas plant in Gort, Co. Galway a “totally unsuitable development”, and...
Agri-Business
ABP Linden Foods in new green energy agreement with NI businesses
ABP Linden Foods, a Tyrone-based beef and lamb processor which is part of the ABP Food Group, has today (Monday,...
Rural Life
Investigation underway after bags of excrement thrown at TDs
Gardaí have confirmed that an investigation has been launched following an incident whereby bags of excrement were thrown at two...
Environment
Why slurry could power the future thanks to AD
What do slurry, anaerobic digestion (AD) and boiling a kettle have in common? In Ireland – not a lot now...
Environment
Climate Action Plan 'lacks recognition' for bioenergy
The Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) has said that it is disappointed and concerned that the Climate Action Plan 2023 published...
Agri-Business
ClonBio Group sees 24% rise in profits after tax
Irish-owned ClonBio Group has announced record profits after tax for the year ended December 31, 2021 of €111 million, an...