landiaworld.com ENGINEERED TO LAST No. 417 - GasMix Mixing it up October 18, 2018 The lrish Republic’s first farm-scale biogas plant owes much to the role played by Landia pumps UK director, the late Hugh Vaughan. The McDonnell family farm in Limerick, Republic of lreland used large volumes of fertiliser costing €100,000 annually, so the implications of the EU Nitrates Directive had a powerful impact on their livelihood. So they embarked on producing their own ecofriendly fertiliser, explains David McDonnell , who runs the farm with his father Michael. “We wanted to use the land as best we possibly could - and ensure that what came out of our Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant could be put onto our land.” Pioneering approach After extensive research in Scandinavia, Germany , the

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