Graze Tender

Project Location MitchelstownScopeThe GRAZE project will involve anaerobic digesters being placed at a number of farms in the area which will convert slurry other farm waste and food waste into gas.Mitchelstown has been picked as the location for the project because of the high number of cattle in the area and its close proximity to the countrys biggest gas line.The project will be a major step in achieving Gas Networks Irelands target to provide 20 of such gas to the national grid by 2030 and 50 by 2050.The move will play a key role in decarbonising Irelands energy transport and agriculture sectors.GNI will build a Central Grid Injection CGI facility on the main pipeline near Mitchelstown through which renewable gas will enter the grid.The gas from the anaerobic digesters will be transported by road in special tankers to the CGI facility.It is intended that the Mitchelstown facility will be the first of 17 transmission connected facilities delivering renewable gas into the natural gas network.GNI managing director stated that the company is helping to deliver a cleaner energy supply through innovation in key areas such as renewable gas.Ireland has the highest potential for biogas production per capita within the EU by 2030 according to the European Commission.The first renewable gas will come onto the Irish gas network at the end of this year from a facility in Cush Co Kildare.It is estimated that the development of full renewable gas network will support the creation of 6500 jobs.