Construction is officially underway by Neiphin Energy of Ireland’s largest agri based biomethane plant, the first commercial scale plant of its kind in the country. The plant is located near Ballinrobe
To mark this significant milestone, at 10am this morning Minister of State at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, with responsibility for Circular Economy Alan Dillon will be joined by senior leaders from Nephin energy, Flogas and DCC plc, at an official groundbreaking ceremony this morning.
Once operational, the Ballinrobe plant will process 90,000 tonnes of farm waste annually – including manures and slurries – to generate over 85 GWh of sustainable, Irish-produced biomethane. It will also create over a hundred direct and indirect jobs over its lifetime, while providing farmers with long-term, reliable income streams.
The ceremony this morning will also mark the signing of a landmark biomethane offtake agreement between Flogas and Nephin. Under this agreement, Flogas will be the offtake partner for the renewable gas produced by the three state-of-the-art anaerobic digestion plants being developed by Nephin across the country.
These plants, once operational, will deliver over 250 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of sustainable, Irish produced, biomethane annually – enough to heat over 38,000 homes. The Ballinrobe facility will be the first to come on stream in 2027, with details of the two further plants to be announced later this year. This partnership, a first of its kind in Ireland, marks a major step in Ireland’s green gas transition, directly supporting the Government’s target to produce 5.7 TWh of biomethane by 2030.
