Dublin waste to energy

RPS' role on this project included site selection; managing the entire process through to construction; managing input and baseline monitoring for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS); managing the planning and licensing process including Oral Hearings for planning permissions and waste licence; foreshore and CER licence applications.

RPS were also responsible for a feasibility study assessing the viability of a citywide district heating network for Dublin, Route Selection and clients representative for the laying of pipes at Spencer Dock and Liffey Tunnel.

RPS managed communications and stakeholder consultation throughout the process, as consultation with the local community was a key element in the project. The genuine concerns over emissions were comprehensively dealt with through an innovative stakeholder engagement process including assembling a Community Interest Group (CIG) to represent the views of local people. RPS brought in World Health Organisation experts, GPs and independent health professionals with experience of incineration in other European countries to talk to local people and address their concerns

To address environmental and commercial objections to the European Commission RPS led the response team preparing detailed submissions to the EU Commission oon policy, environmental, waste and commercial issues.  These complaints were eventually rejected by the EU and the project was approved by the four Dublin local authority CEOs in September 2014.