Cahiracon in Clare chosen to host Ireland's floating emergency gas reserve

An artist's render of the new Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve. Gas Networks Ireland has selected Cahiracon, Co. Clare along the Shannon Estuary as the location for Ireland’s new Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve (SGER). 

Gas Networks Ireland has selected Cahiracon, a site on the Shannon Estuary in Co Clare, as the location for Ireland's new Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve, a specialist ship to provide gas in the event of a disruption to Ireland’s gas supplies. 

The new reserve will be delivered in the form of a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), which will be owned and operated on behalf of the State by Gas Networks Ireland. The FSRU is a specialist ship that stores LNG at very low temperatures and then converts it to natural gas when required.