Dairygold biomass plant approved by local authority

Dairygold Co-operative Society has received planning permision approval for a biomass plant in Mitchelstown, County Cork in Ireland.The works will involve a single-storey woodchip boiler building, with a parapet height of 16.236 metres, and a stack height of 24.735 metres above ground level.Over 30 conditions accompany the planning permission - including limiting the facility to processing a maximum of 24,000 tonnes each year of untreated virgin woodchip.Biomass must be sourced from suppliers ba