ALTERATIONS TO DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE 100MW OF SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE…

Application details

Planning reference

1955

Council

Offaly County Council

Proposal description

ALTERATIONS TO DEVELOPMENT OF AN ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY DESIGNED TO PROVIDE 100MW OF SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE ELECTRICITY GRID AT LUMCLOON, CLOGHAN, CO. OFFALY IN LIEU OF THAT GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION PL2/17/194. PROPOSED ALTERATIONS CONSIST OF; (I) PROVISION OF OPEN AREA BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) COMPOUND (AREA OF 6,200 SQM) CONTAINING BATTERY AND CONTROL SYSTEM ENCLOSURES IN LIEU OF THE APPROVED SINGLE STOREY MAIN BUILDING (FLOOR AREA OF 4,536 SQM), (II) ALTERATIONS TO THE APPROVED SWITCHYARD CONTAINING THE PROPOSED 110kV SUBSTATION WHICH WILL INCLUDE (A) CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING ELECTRICITY NETWORK IN LIEU OF THAT APPROVED, (B) INCREASE IN THE SIZE OF THE CONTROL BUILDING (FLOOR AREA 375 SQM) IN LIEU OF THAT APPROVED (FLOOR AREA 200 SQM), AND (C) PROVISION OF A DIESEL GENERATOR AND TRANSFORMER ADJACENT TO THE CONTROL BUILDING, (III) INCREASE IN SIZE (630 SQM), LOCATION AND INTERNAL LAYOUT OF SWITCHGEAR BUILDING IN LIEU OF THAT APPROVED (100SQM), AND (IV) PROVISION OF 110kV TRANSFORMER IN LIEU OF MV SUBSTATION (100 SQM), AND (V) AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

Location / address

ELECTRICITY GRID, LUMCLOON CLOGHAN, CO. OFFALY

Application type

PERMISSION

Received / registered

15 Feb 2019

Council decision

CONDITIONAL

Council decision date

4 Apr 2019

Final grant date

7 May 2019