Edenderry Power Station
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| Edenderry Power | |
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| Country | Republic of Ireland |
| Location | Edenderry |
| Coordinates | 53°17′26.5″N 07°5′12.9″W / 53.290694°N 7.086917°WCoordinates: 53°17′26.5″N 07°5′12.9″W / 53.290694°N 7.086917°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | December 2000 |
| Owner(s) | Bord na Móna |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Peat |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 120 MWe |
Edenderry Power Station is a large peat and biomass-fired power station at the Cushaling river near Edenderry, in the Republic of Ireland. The station is capable of generating up to 120 MWe of power,[1] It has been owned by Bord na Móna since 2006 and is part of the Powergen Division. It was purchased from E.ON in December 2005. Trials of co-fuelling the plant with biomass commenced in 2007 and were successful. As of 2020[update], the plant is co-fired with about 62% biomass (delivered by around 60 heavy goods vehicles per day), of which 336,000 energy tonnes (or 80%) is Irish. The station has a target of 100% biomass by 2023. The ash is sent by rail and deposited at the adjacent Cloncreen bog near Clonbullogue.[2] In 2021 the plant was still burning peat from stocks but was not allowed to cut more.[3]
Bord Na Mona has announced plans to increase its intake of biomass to 1 Million tonnes at its Edenderry power station. The station is set to fully phase out the use of peat in 2023 and will instead increase its use of forestry residues and sustainable biomass by 400,000t to produce electricity. The announcement was made by head of renewable energy at Bord Na Mona Dr John Reilly on 11th October 2022.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Edenderry Power - Plant Description, archived from the original on 16 February 2012
- ^ "Edenderry Power as a Biomass only plant". www.bordnamona.ie.
- ^ "Biomass is being promoted as the future fuel for Edenderry". Agriland.ie. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
- ^ "Former peat power station needs 1m tonnes of biomass". www.farmersjournal.ie. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
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