18 Mar 2025 An Bord Pleanala grant permission
06 Dec 2024 – Planning body delays decision on North Kerry power plant for second time in three months. The planning body said it would take all steps open to it to ensure the matter was determined by 4th December.
The Shannon Technology and Energy Park (STEP) Power Plant will comprise of a 600MW Powerplant, 120MW Battery Energy Storage System, Above Ground Installation and associated ancillary works
The proposed development will consist of the following components:
• Three (3 No.) blocks of Combined Cycle Gas Turbines (CCGT), each block with a capacity of approximately 200 megawatts (MW) for a total installed capacity of up to 600 MW.
• A 120 MWh (1-hr) Battery Energy Storage System (BESS).
• Above Ground Installation (AGI) compound.
• High voltage 220 kV Gas Insulated (GIS) Substation.
• Auxiliary Boiler.
• Raw water treatment and storage.
• Structural / Architectural Buildings (various).
• Sewerage drainage system.
• Process effluent collection system and sump.
• Firewater storage tanks and fire water pumps.
• Ancillary buildings.
• Secondary Fuel Offloading storage.
All ancillary structures/works, including: the demolition of a small farm complex (in ruin), to include 2no. outhouses (in ruin) and a former habitable dwelling (in ruin), a gun emplacement structure (in ruin), a well (in ruin), and a field boundary wall structure (in ruin); 2no. oil/water separators; 1no. retaining wall; 1no. firewater retention pond; utility racks; utility sleepers; 2no. crossover platforms; water supply connection; 1no. electrical grid interface building (indicative) pre-engineered/package biological waste water treatment system and a surface water drainage network, both of which will discharge directly to the Shannon Estuary via a discharge pipe; all car parking, including mobility and EV spaces, and cycle parking; new access off the L-1010 (Coast Road); 2no. culverts; internal roadways; pre-cast concrete bridge over the Ralappane Stream; all temporary construction works, including laydown area; all site development works, including earthworks to create a level platform at +18mOD for the main footprint of the proposed development (excluding the proposed AGI), and landscaping; security fencing and gates, including 2.9m high chain link outer site perimeter fence, a 4m high inner site security fence, internal 2.4m high palisade fencing and
external 2.995m high weld mesh fencing for the AGI; CCTV cameras; telecommunications connections; and all lighting.
www.steppowerplant.com
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