Great Island Power Station
Irish power station
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Country | Ireland |
Location | County Wexford |
Coordinates | 52°16′44″N 6°59′31″W / 52.279°N 6.992°W / 52.279; -6.992 |
Status | Operational |
Commission date |
1967 (Unit 1)
1968 (Unit 2) 1972 (Unit 3) 2014 (Unit 4) |
Decommission date | 2014 (Units 1, 2 and 3) |
Construction cost | €330m (gas plant 2014) |
Owner(s) |
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Operator(s) | SSE Thermal |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel |
Natural gas
(unit 4),
formerly fuel oil (units 1-3) |
Turbine technology | Gas turbine |
Cooling source | River Barrow |
Combined cycle ? | Yes |
Power generation | |
Units operational |
60
MW
(Unit 1)
60 MW (Unit 2) 120 MW (Unit 3) 460 MW (Unit 4) |
Nameplate capacity | 464 MW |
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Commons | Related media on Commons |
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Great Island Power Station is a gas fired and former heavy fuel oil fired power station situated near Waterford Harbour in Great Island, County Wexford , Ireland , that supplies electricity to more than 500,000 Irish homes. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Barrow and Suir , near Campile . The station opened in 1967 and was operated by the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) with three heavy fuel oil units and a total power of 240 MW since 1972. The station was scheduled to close by 2010, [1] [2] until it was sold to Endesa in January 2009. [3] In October 2012, the plant was acquired by SSE Thermal .
In September 2014, the oil powered units were shut down, and replaced by a new 430 MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) gas fired plant on the same site. [4] [5] The project needed a new 44.5 km gas pipeline from the existing transmission network at Baunlusk, 6 km south of Kilkenny City. [6]
References
- ↑ "Great Island generating station" . ESB Website . Archived from the original on 18 April 2008 . Retrieved 10 May 2008 .
- ↑ "No more smoke from chimneys" . New Ross Standard . 30 April 2008. Archived from the original on 30 March 2009 . Retrieved 10 May 2008 .
- ↑ Slattery, Laura (26 February 2011). "Spanish energy firm Endesa putting Irish unit up for sale" . Irish Times . Archived from the original on 5 March 2011 . Retrieved 1 November 2011 .
- ↑ "Endesa Ireland - Great Island Power Project - Project Description" . Endesa . Archived from the original on 25 April 2012 . Retrieved 1 November 2011 .
- ↑ "Great Island Combined Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant, Wexford" . Power Technology . 2015-02-09.
- ↑ "Great Island pipeline plan" . New Ross Standard . 1 November 2011. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012 . Retrieved 1 November 2011 .
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