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First on-farm biorefining and anaerobic digestion plant opens in Cork

Monday 7 September 2026

Ireland's first on-farm biorefining and anaerobic digestion plant has officially opened in County Cork.

Ireland's first on-farm biorefining and anaerobic digestion plant has opened in County Cork.

According to a report by the Irish Examiner, the facility is the country's first development to combine biorefining and anaerobic digestion directly on an active farm.

Specific planning details, including the exact municipal location in County Cork, the developers behind the project, and the operational capacity of the plant, were not detailed in the initial source. The establishment of the plant represents a new development in Irish agricultural energy infrastructure, combining organic waste processing with biorefining technologies on an agricultural holding.

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