Viridian considers building second power plant and reports E170m profit

VIRIDIAN of Northern Ireland one of the ESB’s main challengers here is still reviewing its options to build another power plant in the Irish Republic.

It reported profits before interest and tax of E170 million (stg£114.2m) on turnover of E1.2 billion (stg£834.2m), a 7% increase.

The firm operates the Huntstown generating plant near Dublin, and chief executive, Patrick Haren said the results were a "good set of figures" for the period.