Planning permission approved for Shannon LNG power plant in Kerry

An Bord Pleanála has approved planning permission for a gas power plant in Kerry. The proposed power plant would be located on a 630-acre site between Tarbert and Ballylongford. Shannon LNG Ltd’s planning application sought permission to build a power plant with three turbine halls, each of which would include two gas turbines with generators and two heat recovery steam generators with 35-metre tall exhaust stacks. It also proposed a 120-megawatt hour battery energy storage system. Read the full story here.