Poots approves biomass plant
Environment Minister Edwin Poots has announced his intention to approve plans for a biomass fuelled power plant at Glenavy, Co. Antrim.
The planning application by Rose Energy Limited was designated under Article 31 of the Planning (NI) Order in September 2008. The power plant will be fuelled by poultry bedding and meat and bone meal producing approximately 30MW of electricity as an output of the incineration process.
The Minister said: "The power plant facility will create in the region of 300-400 construction jobs and approximately 30 permanent jobs in the operation of the facility once constructed. It will also have indirect employment and investment benefits in connection with Belfast Port and the haulage industry in Northern Ireland."
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