Gas Networks Ireland to build €30m renewable gas injection facility in Cork

• Published date: 29 June 2022
• Publication title: Irish Times: Web Edition Articles (Dublin, Ireland)

The €30 million Green Renewable Agricultural Zero Emissions (GRAZE) renewable gas project will include a central grid injection (CGI) facility in Mitchelstown, Co Cork

The new facility will receive and inject biomethane – a carbon neutral renewable gas made from farm and food waste through a process call anaerobic digestion – from up to 20 local farm-based producers.

At full capacity, the facility could inject enough biomethane to meet the requirements of up to 64,000 homes.

Biomethane can replace natural gas to reduce emissions in heating, industry, transport and power generation, while also supporting the decarbonisation of the agri-food sector.

"Ireland's national gas network must be repurposed to transport renewable biomethane and hydrogen at scale," said Gas Networks Ireland chief executive Cathal Marley.

"Gas Networks Ireland is uniquely placed to deliver the necessary change, and with projects such as GRAZE, we're already working hard to help deliver Ireland's sustainable energy future."

Mr Marley said the GRAZE project is designed to showcase large-scale agricultural biomethane clusters that can be replicated in other locations throughout the State.

"A domestic...