Multimillion-euro plan set to secure nation’s energy supply for decades

A gas supply project worth hundreds of millions of euro is being developed by a major American company and the Port of Cork, which will secure the future of the country’s power supply for many decades to come.

The plan, involving the Texas-based Nextdecade and the port authority, will see the installation of a new jetty in Whitegate in Cork harbour to berth a massive container ship storing liquefied nitrogen gas (LNG), which will then be converted into vaporous gas and pumped into the national grid.

The ambitious project also involves storing gas coming from the US into the emptying gas caverns in the Kinsale gas fields.