Edenderry_Power_Station

Edenderry Power Station

Edenderry Power Station

Power station in Edenderry, Ireland

Edenderry Power Station is a large 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, having been purchased from E.ON in December 2005.

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The station was formerly peat-fired. Trials of co-fuelling the plant with biomass commenced in 2007 and were successful. As of 2020, the plant was co-fired with about 62% biomass (delivered by around 60 heavy goods vehicles 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.[2] The ash is sent by rail and deposited at the adjacent Cloncreen bog near Clonbullogue.[3] In 2021 the plant was still burning peat from stocks but was not allowed to cut more.[4]

The station ceased using peat as fuel at the end of 2023.[2] 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.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    Edenderry Power - Plant Description, archived from the original on 16 February 2012
  2. [2]
    O'Doherty, Caroline (30 December 2023). "Era of peat-fired electricity ends as Edenderry power plant switches fully to burning biomass". Irish Independent. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  3. [3]
    "Edenderry Power as a Biomass only plant". www.bordnamona.ie.
  4. [4]
    "Biomass is being promoted as the future fuel for Edenderry". Agriland.ie. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2022.


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