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Tillage Podcast: spring has sprung in the northwest
Siobhán Walsh
On this week’s show, we have an update on fieldwork in the northwest, along with all the latest tillage news.
2 April 2025 Dealer
Semi-state eyes up the Kildare gas site
I hear that country’s semi-state gas utility is among a pool of developers eyeing up the country’s only green gas injection point in Cush, Kildare.
2 April 2025 Renewables
Appealed AD plant is next step for Country Crest
Dublin’s Country Crest was refused permission for the anaerobic digestion plant in February and has strongly criticised this decision in its appeal to An Bord Pleanála.
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Plans unveiled for Ireland’s biggest biogas plant in Carlow
Greengate Biogas has announced plans to build Ireland's biggest AD plant in Powerstown, Carlow, processing 700,000t of cattle and pig slurry, farmyard straw manure and poultry manure annually.
31 March 2025 News
Dolan slates Government's approach on AD
Farmers could transform the challenge of high energy prices into an opportunity, if the right policy framework was put in place for on-farm renewable energy production.
26 March 2025 News
Permission refused for AD plant in Dublin after approval lapses
Country Crest, which has now appealed the decision, had originally secured planning approval for an anaerobic digestion plant on the site in 2012, but this lapsed in 2023.
25 March 2025 Renewables
High-profile dairy exits a warning sign
With the Brownes in Killeagh replacing paddocks with solar panels, and the McGraths in Wicklow planning to switch to anaerobic digestion in Wicklow, is a double blow to the dairy sector.
19 March 2025 Dealer
Rise of HVO threatens rollout of AD
The rollout of biomethane production in Ireland could be threatened by the increasing use of HVO, as concerns continue to be raised about the liquid fuel's sustainability.
12 March 2025 Renewables
IFA calls for ‘urgent’ review of biomethane policy
IFA energy for farms project team chair Frank Brady said the country’s flagship biomethane policy needs more investment and a review of its timeline.
10 March 2025 News
'It doesn't make sense to burn hemp'
Cooperative chair Robert Johnson was speaking about the potential for fuel and biochar while at the Industrial Hemp Conference on Thursday.
5 March 2025 News
LNG terminal shows government is serious about energy security
The reality is that Ireland will remain dependent on natural gas for decades as we struggle to increase our renewable energy capacity.
5 March 2025 Renewables
Kildare AD plant Green Generation enters receivership
The company, which operates a food waste AD plant in Kildare, has suffered from an influx of hydrotreated vegetable oil into the transport sector, causing the price of biomethane gas to drop.
4 March 2025 News