CONSTRUCT UP TO 4 NO. ROTATING STABILISERS, 5 NO. BATTERY STORAGE CONTAINERS, 1 NO. CONTROL ROOM…

Application details

Planning reference

181290

Council

Kerry County Council

Proposal description

CONSTRUCT UP TO 4 NO. ROTATING STABILISERS, 5 NO. BATTERY STORAGE CONTAINERS, 1 NO. CONTROL ROOM, 2 TRANSFORMERS AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT WITHIN A SITE AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 1.46 HECTARES.THE PERMISSION RELATES TO ALTERATIONS TO THE PERMITTED AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION KILPADDOGUE PEAKING PLANT PERMITTED BY KERRY COUNTY COUNCIL PURSUANT TO REF 13/138 AS EXTENDED BY REF 13/9138. THE ROTATING STABILISERS WILL BE SUPPORTED BY 10 NO. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ROOMS WHICH WILL CONTAIN ANCILLARY POWER SUPPLY PRODUCTS INCLUDING A STATIC FREQUENCY CONVERTER (SFC), MV SWITCHGEAR, EXCITERS AND LV DISTRIBUTION AND STEP-UP/DOWN TRANSFORMERS. A HEATING VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM (HVAC)WILL BE ATTACHED TO EACH ROTATING STABILISER. 4 NO. AUXILLARY TRANSFORMERS ARE ALSO PROPOSED. THE BATTERY CONTAINERS WILL HOUSE INDIVIDUAL BATTERY COMPONENT SWITH 2 NO. FITTED EXTERNAL HVAC SYSTEM FOR EACH. 13 NO. INVERTER STATIONS AND 14 AUXILLARY TRANSFORMERS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE BATTERY CONTAINERS . THE ENTIRE SITE WILL CONSIST OF VARIOUS UNDERGROUND CABLES AND DUCTS, BOUNDARY SECURING FENCE,COMPOUND LIGHTING AND PALISADE GATES AND FENCING , NEW INTERNAL ACCESS TRACK, SECURITY LIGHTING, CCTV, HARDSTANDING AREAS AND ALL NECESSARY FOUNDATION WORKS. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT FOR 2 ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS ( UP TO 220KV), ASSOCIATED HV EQUIPMENT AND UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL GRID CONNECTION CABLING AND DUCTING CONNECTING THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE NATIONAL GRID AT THE ADJACENT ESB SUBSTATION . PLANNING PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS)ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION.

Location / address

KILPADDOGE, TARBERT, CO KERRY

Application type

PERMISSION

Received / registered

21 Dec 2018