A new facility under construction in Ireland will produce biomethane from beer and whiskey industry waste.
The €50m plant is being developed by German manufacturer Weltec Biopower for Irish company Evergreen Agricultural Enterprises.
Located at Evergreen’s headquarters in County Kildare, the project will feature four digesters and one stainless-steel secondary digester, each with a volume of 4,900 cubic metres. These will ferment production residues and by-products from the Irish beer and whiskey industry.
“Despite its size, the plant – with an annual processing capacity of 165,000 tonnes – will be built in just six months of pure construction time,” said Tobias Gerweler, Managing Director of Weltec Biopower.
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