ATU unveils a new biomass centre

ATU has been working with the Government and SEAI to get its biomass heat centre project up and running. It wants to be a lead in renewables research.

Atlantic Technological University’s (ATU) Letterkenny campus has unveiled a new biomass heat centre, which is being used to make the college more environmentally friendly.

Biomass fuel is a renewable energy that comes from organic feedstocks, including wood from forestry by-products, poultry litter from chicken farms and straw from tillage. The new biomass heat centre at ATU can potentially provide heat to a large section of one of the campus’s main buildings.

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