Transforming poultry production
Biomass Heating Solutions was established in 2006. Its founder Jack O’Connor was assisted by research from the biomass experts at the University of Limerick, and the company installed 3 pilot sites in Ireland and confirmed plans and major investment for a further 5 sites in the UK at the time of investment. This company’s technology, which combusted farm waste into heat, also had significant potential to generate electricity. Initiatives underway in the UK were particularly attractive – allowing farmers and food producers to earn revenues from the practice of spilling unused electricity back to the National Grid