Edenderry Power Station
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| Edenderry Power Station | |
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| Country | Ireland |
| Location | Edenderry |
| Coordinates | 53°17′26.5″N 07°5′12.9″W / 53.290694°N 7.086917°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | December 2000 |
| Owner | Bord na Móna |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Biomass |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 120 MWe |
Edenderry Power Station is a large biomass-fired power station at the Cushaling river near Edenderry, County Offaly, Ireland. The station is capable of generating up to 120 MWe of power.[1] It has been owned by Bord na Móna since 2006 and is part of the Powergen Division, having been purchased from E.ON in December 2005.
The station was formerly peat-fired. Trials of co-fuelling the plant with biomass commenced in 2007 and were successful. As of 2020[update], the plant was co-fired with about 62% biomass (delivered by around 60 heavy goods vehicles per day), of which 336,000 energy tonnes (or 80%) was Irish. The station had a target of 100% biomass by 2023, which was achieved.[2] The ash is sent by rail and deposited at the adjacent Cloncreen bog near Clonbullogue.[3] In 2021 the plant was still burning peat from stocks but was not allowed to cut more.[4]
The station ceased using peat as fuel at the end of 2023.[2] It was Ireland's last operating peat-fired power station; the completion of its switch to biomass fuel marked the end of peat-fired electricity generation in Ireland.[2]
