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| Landfill could supply electricity | Landfill could supply electricity |
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| A former landfill site in north Belfast could soon be providing electricity to thousands of homes. | |
| The 10m tonnes of rubbish buried at the Dargan Road site produce enough methane gas to power up to 6,000 homes. | |
| The city council is working with Renewable Power Systems to provide the facility. | |
| Underground pipes will be installed to collect the gas. It will be converted into electricity and put onto the national grid. | |
| North Foreshore project manager Susan Quail said it would be 'greener' power. | North Foreshore project manager Susan Quail said it would be 'greener' power. |
| "We're going to actually reduce the greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere and we're going to make Belfast a cleaner, greener place for future generations." | "We're going to actually reduce the greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere and we're going to make Belfast a cleaner, greener place for future generations." |
| "So this is really a significant environmental and financial project for the council," she said. | "So this is really a significant environmental and financial project for the council," she said. |
| It will be the first major project undertaken at the site now known as Giant's Park. | |
| There are plans for a 220 acre public park and a 110 acre 'Environmental Resource Recovery Park'. |
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