Plans for power plant go to Bord Pleanála

A proposal by Shannon LNG for a heat and power electricity-generating plant to serve the country’s first liquefied natural gas terminal on the Shannon Estuary has been submitted to An Bord Pleanála.

The plant adjacent to the LNG plant at Ralapane, Ballylongord, aims to sell electricity to the national grid and serve the planned liquefied gas plant.

The application is on foot of a recent ruling by the planning appeals board that the plant will be of strategic importance to the State.

It will consist of a combined cycle gas turbine electric power plant, an electrical switch yard, a salt water cooled condenser, a short gas pipeline, and support facilities.

It is seven years since plans for the €500m terminal were outlined. Full planning and planning for a pipeline connection to the national gas network had been granted, but the plant had been mired in red tape and delays in decisions by the State including off-shore licences.