Bord na Móna

  • Fuel for Torfkraftwerke
  • Briquettes
  • Peat fertilizer Template: Infobox Company / Maintenance / products

Bord na Móna ( Irish, b ˠ o ː ɾ ˠ D ˠ nə m ˠ o ː n ˠ ə, German: Torfbehörde, Torfagentur ) is a parastatal Irish company, which dominates the industrial mining and utilization of peat in the country.

History

The predecessor of the Bord na Mona, the Turf Development Board Ltd, was founded in 1933. The company was particularly during the Second World War is of great importance because the supply of coal was scarce and the national energy supply had to be ensured by peat.

The present company was founded in 1946 by the " peat - law of development " ( Turf Development Act ).

Since the peak production of fossil energy source peat is foreseeable and the Torfkraftwerke only have a limited time to maturity, is aboard preparing na Mona on it before going into the future in the production of renewable energy sources: A in Oweninny in County Mayo operated since 1993 wind farm is currently 6 MW to be expanded to an electrical output of more than 350 MW.

Extraction and processing

In particular, in the Irish Midlands, in the counties of Offaly, Longford and Westmeath managed Bord na Móna the extended Moore and wins peat mainly as fuel for the large Torfkraftwerke of the Irish National power utility Electricity Supply Board (ground ), but also for domestic use ( as briquette ).

For this purpose, Bord na Móna operates the necessary peat, dryers, granulators and briquette.

Industrial peat in the Bog of Allen

By-products lighter, soil substrate for horticulture and other products are sold on peat.

Railway operation

For the transport of the extracted peat and the products made from them ( a year more than 5 million tonnes) Bord na Móna operates an extensive network of narrow gauge lines. The net is partially fixed installation, partly as a light railway with "flying" tracks performed, that is, the tracks are converted there regularly to follow the progress of degradation in the moors, or to make room. With a total length of more than 2000 km, the network is larger than that of the national railway company Iarnród Éireann ( Irish Rail ). Bord na Móna is one of the largest industrial railway operator in Europe.

  • Company (Ireland )
  • Utilities
  • Moor economy
  • Transport (Ireland )
  • Railroad Company ( Europe)
Types of business entity County Kildare County Offaly County Longford County Westmeath Shannonbridge Rail transport in Ireland
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