Father and son Jim and Niall McGuirk were keen to make their production process greener by reducing their reliance on fossil fuels and reducing carbon emissions. The farm was also eligible for a grant from the SEAI (Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland) – their SSRH (Support Scheme for Renewable Heat) a 15-year payback grant scheme enabled them to make the switch to a renewable energy source and recoup the investment needed to make that change in a very short space of time.
McGuirk Poultry
Project Name: McGuirk Poultry, Co Monaghan (May 2025)
Project Background – What the Client required?
It was important that any installation was carried out with minimal disruption to poultry production and all installation work was scheduled to coincide with crop rotation.
Our company was contracted to provide install a biomass heating system which would integrate with their existing heating system. It consisted of following system elements:
- 500kW Smart Heating Biomass Boiler (Wood Chip) with internal wood chip store
- Installation of 10,000 litre buffer tank
- Expansion vessels
- Energy saving pumps
- Thermal insulation of the heating pipework system – insulated pumps & valve covers
- Pipework connecting biomass boiler plantroom to poultry houses
- BMS automated controls to maximise efficiency and generate reports
- Siemens Climatix IC Controller allowing our company to remotely monitor the efficiency of the biomass boiler and in turn adjust the boiler’s settings to achieve best performance
- Supply & installation of heat meters to measure energy performance
- All Electrical works
