Gortadroma Landfill CHP plant

Edina CHP generates over €600,000 per year in electricity at waste to energy facility Gortadroma Landfill

Edina was approached by Limerick County Council in an effort to source a 1,000kWe landfill gas generator set at short notice. The Council had secured a grid connection for 3MW of power generation at the Gortadroma landfill site in South County Limerick.

Gortadroma is one of the largest landfills in the South West of Ireland, receiving municipal waste from the surrounding areas of Limerick City, Kerry and parts of Cork.

The site receives 130,000 tonnes of waste for disposal and 77,000 tonnes for recovery. Initially the site was flaring gas, a necessary means of disposing of the gas which is a by-product of waste disposal in landfill and a harmful greenhouse gas, thereby burning a valuable fuel source for power generation.

Aware of the possibility to generate revenue from methane and keen to prevent release into the atmosphere, the council invested in the required infrastructure and grid connection, including 7km of 20kV pylons. The daily loss of revenue was around €2,000 so the council was keen to make rapid progress with the project.