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| Two of Northern Ireland's biggest poultry producers have announced plans to build a power station to produce electricity from chicken litter. | Two of Northern Ireland's biggest poultry producers have announced plans to build a power station to produce electricity from chicken litter. |
| Moy Park and O'Kane's chickens produce 250,000 tonnes of litter a year. The firms have formed a joint venture with another company to turn it into power. | Moy Park and O'Kane's chickens produce 250,000 tonnes of litter a year. The firms have formed a joint venture with another company to turn it into power. |
| Rose Energy is to ask for planning permission to build the £100m plant near Glenavy in County Antrim. | Rose Energy is to ask for planning permission to build the £100m plant near Glenavy in County Antrim. |
| The companies hope tax-payers will contribute to the cost. | The companies hope tax-payers will contribute to the cost. |
| Rose Energy says burning agricultural waste will help Northern Ireland meet its renewable energy obligations. | |
| "What we're talking about is a plant that will use agricultural by-products that will generate 30 megawatts of electricity," Mike Alcorn of Rose Energy said. | "What we're talking about is a plant that will use agricultural by-products that will generate 30 megawatts of electricity," Mike Alcorn of Rose Energy said. |
| "Thirty megawatts, to put it in context, is about the amount of power needed for a town like Larne. | "Thirty megawatts, to put it in context, is about the amount of power needed for a town like Larne. |
| "It will obviously be treated as green electricity, because the fuel streams for it come from renewable sources." | "It will obviously be treated as green electricity, because the fuel streams for it come from renewable sources." |
| The power station would be built beside a meat and bone meal factory near Glenavy. | |
| However, some concerns about the plans have been raised. | |
| Mike Alcorn of Rose Energy says the plant would produce green electricity | |
| SDLP assembly member Thomas Burns said: "Whilst we would welcome any alternative energy force, we would feel this is in the wrong location. | |
| "This is a very rural area, a very narrow road, it's going to be a tremendous amount of heavy vehicle traffic on this road and we would much prefer to see this in a larger industrial estate." | |
| The plant would also use the meat and bone meal produced in the area and some residents fear odour problems will only get worse. | |
| Sinn Fein assembly member Paul Butler said local people should "engage in the consultation process announced by the company". | |
| Rose Energy said it will address all concerns about the plant and Mr Alcorn said the technology used in the construction would limit odours. | |
| The poultry industry in Northern Ireland employs about 7,000 people, producing 1.8m birds a week. | The poultry industry in Northern Ireland employs about 7,000 people, producing 1.8m birds a week. |