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Bord na Mona, in partnership with ESB, has brought another 93MW of renewable energy to the electricity supply in Ireland with its latest wind farm in Co. Mayo entering full commercial operation.

Almost 100 new direct jobs and over 150 indirect jobs will be created in the development of renewable energy assets and new recycling operations by 2023, while 200 jobs for employees transitioning from peat-related operations will be included in the enhanced peatland rehabilitation programme.

Bord na Móna announces today, their collaboration with Coillte, to transform former peat production land into native woodland. 1500 hectares of bog no longer used for peat production will be initially targeted in Offaly, Laois, Westmeath, and Tipperary for plantation of 600,000 new trees.

Bord na Móna AES has announced plans for a ‘Green National Ploughing Championships’. Key elements of the plan include a pledge of zero waste to landfill, a three-bin system to enable people to separate their waste and on-site organic waste being used to generate renewable electricity.

Decarbonisation programme, exceptional items and investment costs amount to €91.4m, with Operating Profit (before exceptional items) at €41.3m

New high-tech recycling facility is located on the site of the former peat briquette factory which closed last year and will process 24,000 tonnes of waste plastic.       

Bord na Móna will deliver a number of critical objectives of the Government’s climate action plan particularly in the areas of renewable electricity generation, recycling and waste management, and land use change.

Minister Bruton toured some of the 1100-hectare site and received a briefing on Bord na Móna’s plans for renewable energy production and the new business projects that support the company’s decarbonisation programme.

Bord na Móna has awarded €42,500 to 14 community and voluntary organisations in the vicinity of Bruckana Wind Farm