BALLYKILLEEN , EDENDERRY , CO. OFFALY

DEVELOPMENT AT EDENDERRY POWER PLANT. EDENDERRY POWER LIMITED CURRENTLY HAS PLANNING PERMISSION TO OPERATE EDENDERRY POWER PLANT AS A PEAT AND BIOMASS CO-FIRED POWER PLANT UNDER GRANT OF PLANNING PERMISSION (OFFALY COUNTY COUNCIL REGISTER REFERENCE - PL2/15/129, AN BORD PLEANÁLA REGISTER REFERENCE - PL 19.245295). THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF EDENDERRY POWER PLANT FROM THE BEGINNING OF 2024 TO THE END OF 2030 EXCLUSIVELY USING SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS FUEL. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO INCREASE THE VOLUME OF BIOMASS CONSUMED AT THE FACILITY FROM A CURRENT MAXIMUM OF 300,000 TO 530,000 TONNES PER ANNUM. IT IS PROPOSED TO UTILISE THE EXISTING PERMITTED ELECTRICITY GENERATION STATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING FUEL HANDLING SYSTEMS, UTILITIES, PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND ANCILLARY STRUCTURES AS PART OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE PRESENT ON-SITE. SITE ACCESS AND EGRESS WILL USE THE EXISTING PERMITTED SITE ENTRANCES TO THE R401 PUBLIC ROAD. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGE TO THE PERMITTED BOUNDARY OF THE FACILITY. EDENDERRY POWER PLANT IS LICENCED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY UNDER AN INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS (IE) LICENCE [REF. P0482-04]. ACTIVITIES AT THE FACILITY AND ASSOCIATED ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND EMISSIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE REGULATED AND CONTROLLED BY THE EPA. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR). THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS)

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