GREENSTAR GETS GO AHEAD TO GENERATE ELECTRICTY IN EAST GALWAY

Date Published: 28-Aug-2008

Greenstar has been given the go ahead to build a gas utilisation plant at its landfill site in East Galway.The company has been granted planning permission for the phased development, which will generate 4 point 2 mega watts of electricity.The development at Kilconnell will consist of 3 separate purpose built and environmentally controlled containers.Each of these will cover a landfill gas engine generating 1 point 4 mega watts of electricity each, powering more than 8 thousand homes.