Monksland power station
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Monksland power station is a power station under construction in Monksland - Athlone, County Roscommon, Ireland.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
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Monksland power station | Monksland - Athlone, County Roscommon, Ireland | 53.42285, -7.98857 (approximate)[1] |
The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year | Retired year |
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Unit GT | construction[2][3] | fossil gas - natural gas[4] | 100[1] | gas turbine[4] | – | 2024[5] | – |
CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
Unit name | Owner | Parent |
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Unit GT | Greener Ideas [100%] | Ervia [50.0%]; Mountside Partners Ltd [50.0%] |
Background
Greener Ideas was set up as a joint venture between Bord Gáis Energy and Mountside Properties in 2009 to develop a 100 MW[6] open cycle gas turbine plant.[7] As of 2018, Greener Ideas had planning permission granted but had not begun construction. However, in 2017 Kilkenny County Council received an application from Greener Ideas for the construction of a 100MW battery energy storage system. According to news reports, only one of the two technologies would be built.[7]
In 2022, the project was revised and awarded capacity in the 2025-26 T-4 Capacity Market.[8]This project will be part of 9 new gas plants being built in Ireland to meet growing power needs in conjunction with a move away from coal.[9]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124180749/https://www.energy-storage.news/centricas-100mw-ireland-proposal-pits-battery-against-natural-gas/. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
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(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240125025849/https://www.shannonside.ie/news/work-begins-on-new-gas-fired-power-plant-in-south-roscommon-217990. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024.
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(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240124182057/https://www.westmeathindependent.ie/2022/02/10/local-gas-fired-power-station-looks-set-to-progress/. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
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(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20240124174212/https://www.westmeathindependent.ie/2009/10/21/bord-gis-to-invest-100m-in-new-monksland-power-station/. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
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(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240124184707/https://www.westmeathindependent.ie/2022/03/30/gas-fired-power-station-plan-for-monksland-moves-closer/. Archived from the original on 24 January 2024.
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(help) - ↑ Bord Gáis to invest €100m in new Monksland power station, Westmeath Independent, October 21, 2009.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Pratt, David (January 10, 2018). "Centrica's 100MW Ireland proposal pits battery against natural gas". Energy Storage News. Retrieved November 9, 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ CEPA. "T-4 Auction Report 25-26" (PDF). Apr 6th, 2022. Retrieved May 25th, 2022.
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(help)CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Local gas-fired power station looks set to progress". Westmeath Independent. Retrieved 2022-05-26.
Additional data
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