Department of Environment to oppose €650m liquified natural gas plant on Shannon Estuary 

The department says the proposed development goes against the Government's Policy Statement on the Importation of Fracked Gas

The proposed development comprises a 600MW Power Plant and a Terminal that will import LNG.

The Department of the Environment says it will "make its views known" that a proposal to build a €650 million liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal in the Shannon Estuary is inappropriate.

Shannon LNG Ltd, a subsidiary of New Fortress Energy Inc, a New York-based global energy infrastructure company, has erected a site notice at its 600-acre landbank located between Ballylongford and Tarbert in Co. Kerry and says that it intends to lodge a planning application with An Bord Pleanála for the first phase of development at its Shannon Technology & Energy Park.