Green light for construction of €300m Cork power station

THE go-ahead has been given for a new power plant to be built in County Cork to compete with the ESB and bring fresh competition to the electricity market.

Sat, 06 Jan, 2007 - 00:00
Conor Ryan

Last night Natural Resources Minister Noel Dempsey gave the ESB permission to begin construction of the €300 million gas-powered plant at Aghada.

However, while the 400 mega-watt facility will be operational by 2009 it can only be built on condition the ESB sells all of the power its creates to competitors.

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