PERMISSION — Townlands of Claragh and Errigal , Cootehill , Co. Cavan

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for the construction of an anaerobic digestion facility to produce renewable biomethane, CO2 (which will be captured), and a bio-based fertiliser from organic material. The total proposed gross floor area of the development (including internal plant areas and ancillary structures) will be c. 3,416 sq.m. The development is a renewable energy development which is covered by the provisions of the Renewable Energy Directive III. The development will consist of the following: • Construction of 2 no. primary digesters (with an overall height of c. 11.5m), a pump house (with a gross floor area (GFA) of c. 360.5 sq.m), and 2 no. post digester tanks (with an overall height of c. 11.5m), located centrally on site. • Construction of a digestate storage tank (c. 16.4m in height) and a fuel tank (c. 2m in height) located in the northern section of the site, to the north of the primary and post digester tanks. • Construction of roofed silage clamps (with a GFA of c. 928.3 sq.m and a height of c. 8.7m) and 2 no. prepits (c. 4.3m in height), located in the western section of the site, to the west of the primary and post digester tanks. • Construction of a digestate treatment building and a feedstock reception building (with a height of c. 12.1m and a GFA of c. 1,703.7 sq.m) with odour abatement system (with a height of c. 13m to odour abatement stack), located in the southwestern section of the site, to the south of the roofed silage clamps. • Construction of a pasteurisation buffer tank (c. 4.3m in height), a pasteurisation unit (with a maximum height of c. 4.2m), a combined heat and power (CHP) unit (c. 2.6m in height and c. 5.6m in height to flue, with a GFA of c. 38.5 sq.m), a biomethane boiler (c. 2.6m in height and c. 5.6m in height to flue, with a GFA of c. 12.74 sq.m), a gas treatment system (c. 4.2m in height), and a safety flare (c. 11.3m in height), located south of the primary digesters, within the central section of the site. • Construction of a CO2 liquefactor (with an overall height of c. 10.7m to top of storage vessels) and a grid injection unit (with a height of c. 2.8m and a GFA of c. 21.7 sq.m), located to the south of the gas treatment system, in the south-central section of the site. • Construction of a propane tank compound accommodating 2 no. propane tanks (c. 1.6m in height), and an ESB substation (with a GFA of c. 23.5 sq.m and a height of c. 3.4m), located in the southeastern section of the site. • Constr

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