Preferred bidders chosen for new power plant contracts
The Commission for Energy Regulation said yesterday that it had selected two preferred bidders: Limerick-based Aughinish Alumina and the Galway-based Tynagh Energy Joint Venture. There had originally been six bidders for the contracts. Apart from Aughinish and Tynagh the bidders were: AES Electric; Ireland Power Energy; Scottish & Southern Energy/Bord Gais Eireann; and Viridian Power.
Viridian currently operates the Republic’s only independent power station at Huntstown in north county Dublin. Viridian is the biggest player in the Northern Ireland electricity market and has made major inroads here by supplying the likes of Marks & Spencer and the Four Seasons Hotel.
