Monaghan Mushrooms on the Renewable Energy Way

Monaghan Mushrooms, the Ireland’s largest producer of mushrooms, has signed a renewable electricity deal with Irish energy supplier Vayu Energy valued at €2.8m per annum.

As part of a direct Power Purchase Agreement, Vayu will supply Monaghan Mushrooms with 100% green electricity generated from a ten turbine wind farm located in West Cork. With a total annual production capacity of 25 GWh (enough to power 5,500 houses a year) the electricity generated will be used to supply the company’s six sites across counties Monaghan, Mayo and Kildare.

Since it was established in 1981, Monaghan Mushrooms has grown to become one of the biggest mushroom producers in the world and now employees 3,500 people worldwide, serving some of the largest international retailers such as Tesco, Sainsbury and ASDA. Headquartered in Tyholland, Co. Monaghan, the company’s Irish operations grow and harvest over 13m kgs of mushrooms each year, of which 95% is exported to overseas markets such as the UK, France and the Netherlands. The company also produces some 150,000 tonnes of environmentally sustainable mushroom compost each year which is sold to mushroom growers throughout Ireland.

According to Paul Wilson, Chief Operations Officer, Monaghan Mushrooms, access to fully traceable renewable energy was a critical consideration for Monaghan Mushrooms in choosing to partner with Vayu, which is the only energy company in Ireland to supply all its customers with electricity 100% attributed to renewable sources.

Source: FFT.IE