Gas powered Power Plant gets green light
By William O'Connor
Data & Power Hub Services Ltd have been granted permission for the demolition of the existing single storey house of ‘Little Acre’ and its associated garage and other buildings.
Located within the townland of Milltown, located to the north of Peamount Road (R120), Newcastle, the plans include the demolition of the single storey stable building on the overall site; construction of a gas powered Power Plant with all its associated elements.
The site for the power plant in Milltown
The part single and part two storey property of Bulmer and an agricultural building to the east of the overall site will not be demolished.
The Power Plant compound of 14,475sq.m will contain 2 Power Units each with 1 25m height stack (2 overall), transformers, air intakes and electrical modules; the Power Plant compound will also contain a two storey administration and workshop building (427sq.m) and LV switchgear building (140sq.m) (567sq.m in total) plus an AGI connection, gas compressor, water tank, water treatment, firewater tank and pumps, fuel skids, fuel tank and 1 emergency diesel generator.
The proposal also includes a battery energy storage system compound of 3,300sq.m containing 15 battery containers and 15 inverters that will be linked to the Power Plant.
The development will be accessed from a new vehicular entrance from Peamount Road that will provide access to the Power Plant at the rear of the site.
All ancillary site development works, including attenuation pond and dry swales to connect to existing infrastructural services and network as well as fencing, signage, services road entrance gate and 8 car parking spaces are included in the plans.
The development will be enclosed with landscaping to all frontages; an EPA-Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) licence will be applied for to facilitate the operation of the proposed development for a period of 10 years on a site of 8.2 hectares on lands that contain the 2 residential properties of ‘Little Acre’ and ‘Bulmer’.
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