VIDEO: Dublin City Council Chief Executive on Huge Poolbeg Waste to Energy Plant

Dublin City Council chief executive Eoin (Owen) Keegan has addressed the Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht with regard to the 600,000 tonne per year Poolbeg waste to energy facility being developed in Dublin by Covanta. According to Michael McCarthy TD, Chairman of the Committee, numerous issues and concerns have been raised about the Poolbeg project since it was first proposed. As such, the meeting at the Houses of the Oireachtas afforded an opportunity for committee members to consider these matters with Dublin City Council chief executive Owen Keegan. McCathy said that he was particularly keen to hear Kegan address the issues of has value for money been achieved and the monies that have already been spent by the various local authorities? He also raised questions regarding facility’s sizing and ability to meet or exceed landfill diversion targets and who will supply the waste feedstocks and the who the beneficiaries of the profits generated would be. Work has now begun on the controversial waste to energy facility and is expected to start operations in late 2017. A video of the meeting can be viewed below. Read More 58 MW Poolbeg Waste to Energy Plant to Go-Ahead in Dublin Waste to energy firm Covanta is to commence construction of the controversial 600000 tonne per year Poolbeg waste to energy facility in Dublin, Ireland. Dublin's 550,000 TPA Poolbeg Waste to Energy Plant Given All Clear by EU A series of measures by the Dublin local authorities in Ireland to participate in the Poolbeg waste to energy project have been found to be in line with the EU state aid rules. Report into Dublin's Poolberg Incinerator Causing Controversy The former Irish Minister for the Environment, John Gormley, has called for the publication of a report he commissioned that shows Dublin local authorities would face hundreds of millions of Euros if the controversial Poolbeg incinerator goes ahead. Poolbeg Waste to Energy Debate Rumbles on in Ireland Ireland is on track to meet European Landfill Direction targets for 2012 and 2016 for the diversion of biodegradable waste from landfill, according to a new report. Resized Poolbeg would Boost Jobs and Waste Investment Resizing the controversial Poolbeg waste to energy facility proposed for Dublin to 300,000 tonnes, combined with an increase in landfill prices could generate jobs and investment as part of a sustainable strategy for the development of the Dublin Region waste sector.