Edenderry Power Station is a large
biomass-fired power station at the Cushaling river near
Edenderry
Edenderry (; ) is a town in east County Offaly, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is near the borders with Counties County Kildare, Kildare, County Meath, Meath and County Westmeath, Westmeath. The Grand Canal of Ireland, Grand Canal runs along ...
,
Ireland
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. The station is capable of generating up to of power. It has been owned by
Bord na Móna
Bord na Móna (; English: "The Peat Board") is a semi-state company in Ireland, created in 1946 by the Turf Development Act 1946. The company began developing the peatlands of Ireland with the aim to provide economic benefit for Irish Midland co ...
since 2006 and is part of the Powergen Division, having been purchased from
E.ON
E.ON SE is a European multinational electric utility company based in Essen, Germany. It operates as one of the world's largest investor-owned electric utility service providers. The name originates from the Latin word '' aeon'', derived from ...
in December 2005.
The station was formerly peat-fired. Trials of co-fuelling the plant with biomass commenced in 2007 and were successful. , the plant was co-fired with about 62% biomass (delivered by around 60
heavy goods vehicle
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s per day), of which 336,000 energy tonnes (or 80%) was Irish. The station had a target of 100% biomass by 2023, which was achieved.
[ The ash is sent by rail and deposited at the adjacent Cloncreen bog near ]Clonbullogue
Clonbullogue or Clonbolloge () is a village in County Offaly, Ireland.
Location
The village is located at the junction of the R401 and R442 regional roads.
The '' Figile River'' runs through the village under the R442 near its confluence wi ...
. In 2021 the plant was still burning peat from stocks but was not allowed to cut more.
The station ceased using peat as fuel at the end of 2023.[ It was Ireland's last operating peat-fired power station; the completion of its switch to biomass fuel marked the end of peat-fired electricity generation in Ireland.]
See also
* List of largest power stations in the world
This article lists the largest Electricity generation, power stations in the world, the ten overall and the five of each type, in terms of installed electrical Nameplate capacity, capacity. Non-renewable resource, Non-renewable power stations are ...
* List of power stations in the Republic of Ireland
This page lists all of the power stations operating in the Republic of Ireland.
Power plants
The table below gives a detailed overview of the fossil-fuel based power plants operating in Ireland in 2017. The data is publicly available and updat ...
References
External links
www.bnm.ie www.edenderrypower.ie
Peat-fired power stations in the Republic of Ireland
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