Chicken litter to power a biogas and fertiliser plant in Northern Ireland

摘要

Ireland-based renewable energy developer Stream BioEnergy has commenced construction in Northern Ireland on a new biogas plant that will process large volumes of chicken litter. The plant, to be located just outside the town of Ballymena, will generate 3MW of renewable electricity from up to 40,000 tonnes of chicken litter each year, enough to power 4,000 homes. The capital cost of the plant will be approximately ￡20 million (?25.8m), financed partially by funds managed by Foresight Group and Invest Northern Ireland.