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Ballymena company boosts EU future energy requirements
By Chris McCullough

EFFORTS to boost the EU's supply of greener energy have been significantly enhanced by a Ballymena company which has just invested £1 million to manufacture and supply biogas generation plants.

An EU directive states that by 2020 around 20 per cent of all electricity requirements must be supplied by renewable energy sources.

In support of this, Moore Concrete has launched a new division, Moore Bio-Systems, which will allow the farming industry throughout the UK and Ireland to capitalise on the growing opportunities to produce and sell ‘green energy'.

However, any farmer considering embarking on such a venture should be prepared to invest at least £1 million to buy and construct the plant. Planning permission is also required for the plant which should sit comfortably on around a half acre, according to Moore Bio-Systems.

In order to justify such a system it is thought 200-300 cows would be required as a good benchmark.

Although in Denmark these systems are geared up to suit larger pig farmers Moore Bio-Systems say they are already in well advanced stages of introducing such plants to a number of customers both in Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland.

Early indicators suggest that, depending on the size of the plant, and how much energy can be sold back into the National Grid, an impressive payback term of two to six years is entirely feasible, again according to the company.

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August 13th 2009
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