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THE CONTROVERSIAL POOLBEG incinerator is due to start-up in the very near future, with locals apprehensively waiting (not in a good way) for that first plume of smoke.
Although the plant is opposed by most Dublin city councillors, Dublin City’s CEO Owen Keegan says the facility is badly needed.
The state-of-the-art plant will burn ‘black bin waste’ that can’t be recycled, which has locals and environmentalists concerned about the effect it will have on healthcare.
It’s expected that the first day of operations, although they’ll only be at 20% of its full capacity, will reveal how intrusive the plant could be.
But there have been reports over the past two days that the incinerator has already been fired up, with plumes visible both during the day, and at night.
Aoife O'Brien / TwitterAfter protesting this Poolbeg Incinerator from the time I was 7/8 there it is up and running! Absolutely disgusting!!! 😠 #BanTheBurn pic.twitter.com/n5gWuvxzLL
— Aoife O'Brien (@AoifeOB89) May 2, 2017
But this isn’t the first load of waste being burned – this is something known as ‘hot commissioning’, according to Dublin Waste-to-Energy.
“During this part of the commissioning programme,” they said today, “Only fuel oil was used for the heating of the boilers. No waste has been burnt to-date.”
The small quantities of waste received at the site has been used for the purpose of commissioning the weigh-bridge and the cranes.
They’ve said that this process has finished now, and a further information bulletin will be issued when first fire of waste commences.
Hot commissioning is when the refractory bricks on the boilers are dried out using oil burners.
This goes on for about 48 hours and produces a lot of steam.
“Following the boil outs the boiler tubes and piping will need to be cleaned out using steam. Again steam will be visible from the facility and there may also be some noise associated with this operation.”
Landfill fires
Managing director of Covanta Ireland John Daly addressed questions about fire safety in a recent interview on RTÉ’s Today with Sean O’Rourke, saying they were a hazard of the business in the waste sector.
“Everybody who has ever lived near a landfill will know that there are landfill fires,” Daly said. “Waste is a product where people put things like barbecue coals, they put ashes from fires into their bins – that can cause fires.”
Heat and infra-red sensors have been installed, he said. Two tanks containing a million litres of water have also been installed less than five metres from the waste-intake area, Daly added, and there are also high-powered water hoses on hand.
Strict limits have been set for emissions at the plant, and inspectors from the Environmental Protection Agency have been visiting the site regularly in recent months.
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All that effort to provide the world with porn searches…
Oh so that’s where all my personal information is stored!
*waves*
It’s like the Borg Mothership !
It really is ….. Resistance is futile ….. Lol
You should consider using this. Innernette is the future. It’s 100% secure.
Yes you will be assimilated and made to serve the collective
How many tech nerds have a semi right now ? Own up ?
If anyone is nursing a semi on this bank holiday morning in here in pretty sure its you Carherine ;)
Don’t mention semi or the bankers will get a semi ….
Dublinjonny takes a bit more than shiny stuff to get my motor running but I do get a bit giddy around wooden furniture for some reason. All that tree hugging in my twenties I suppose ……….
Codswhallop ! The reality is their server room looks more like this http://m.imgur.com/y1Zgn probably
Looks more like the Sony Entertainment Network servers.
Sean: sorry for off topic but is ps store down for past 3 days or is this my console acting crazy? Thanks
I’m constantly being signed in and out.
Crikey, and I though ours was bad!
I cannot get into ps store at all – blue screen and it’s freezing there. Ffs who said digital content is the way forward… Got my system wiped and every game I have is digital – so cannot re download anything atm…I start to regret I didn’t get xone…
First paragraph rephrased:
Data centers are normally shrouded in secrecy because they are the brains behind the NSA.
Frank are you drinking red bull today ?
“And here Jimmy, is where we keep all the naked celebrities!”
The conference room is beautiful
Journal you got to stop placing direct replies to comments in the wrong position.
Tape based backup. Slow to recover, prone to data integrity issues. Get with the times Google with backup to disk including dedupe and compression.
Yeh, I’m sure the lads at Google haven’t thought of that.
Ah stop lad… They employ best IT people in the world. You can be sure if there’s any great solution Google has it – or even better – they probably developed it themselves…
Wood gives you wood!
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