Shannon LNG reactivates plans for €650m terminal in Kerry

The proposal goes directly to An Bord Pleanála as it is Strategic Infrastructure Development, or development considered to be of strategic economic or social importance

The 2021 planning proposal for power plant, battery energy storage system, floating storage and regasification unit, jetty, onshore receiving facilities, above ground installation and all ancillary structures/works has now been reactivated by the company, with an estimated cost of €650m. File picture

Shannon LNG has “reactivated” its €650m plans for a Shannon Technology and Energy Park to An Bord Pleanála, in what is the latest twist in a two-decade attempt to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in north Kerry.

The application by Shannon LNG, a subsidiary of the American New Fortress Energy Inc, for the energy park on the 630-acre site on the Shannon estuary between Tarbert and Ballylongford were lodged in 2021. They were refused by An Bord Pleanála in October 2023.