Aerial view of biogas plant with large circular digesters surrounded by farmland and roads.

Biogas Plant

Yellow caution sign with skull and crossbones symbol warning of danger or toxicity.

Risks

  • Health hazards to adults and children, due to production of methane, hydrogen suplhida, ammonia and carbon dioxide.

  • Traffic, ~4x heavy vehicle traffic increase on rural roads used by walkers, joggers and cyclists

  • Contamination of water streams: Wilton stream, Ollatrim river, Nenagh river and local bogs

  • Risk of explosion of Biogas plant and pipelines

  • Air quality and odour

  • Impact on property values

  • Vermin and insects

Construction

Organic waste/biogas processing plant processing waste from Nenagh and surrounding areas.

Location: Old Nenagh - Moneygall Road (L10520)

Woodville, Nenagh, E45 YT78 (click for map)

6x 240m3 anaerobic digestion tanks

Aerial view of green fields and countryside with scattered trees under a clear blue sky, with the proposed location for biogas plant highlighted
Wet fallen leaves and rotten apples on pavement

Slurry, food waste, meat processing waste, milk processing waste from nearby processing factories.

200,000 tonnes per annum, over 4 times the amount accepted by Ballaghveny Landfill

Waste to be processed

Operation

Waste to be delivered by lorries / road tankers from Nenagh and surrounding areas. Gas pipeline to bring gas back to Nenagh.

Additional 40 trucks per day on local rural roads, carrying food and slurry waste, passing local primary school

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