Shannon Estuary gas terminal go-ahead
An Bord Pleanála has granted planning permission for the construction of a natural gas terminal between Tarbert and Ballylongford on the Shannon Estuary.
The board's decision in favour of the €500m project follows an eight-day hearing involving the promoters and objectors to the project.
Shannon LNG plans to build a liquefied natural gas terminal and four giant storage tanks on a site located on 280 acres of state land owned by the Irish semi-state company Shannon Development.
Millions of gallons of natural gas will be stored at the facility before being pumped into the national grid, via a pipeline 30km long. The company states that 650 jobs will be created during the four-year construction phase, with a further 50 jobs long-term.
Shannon LNG says this development will be one of the biggest construction projects ever undertaken in the area and that its benefits will be felt nationally, as well as in North Kerry. The company anticipates that the building can start next year and that the plant will be operational by 2012.
The company says the terminal would offer Ireland diversity and security of supply.
It also says the plant would not prejudice health and safety or significantly affect the environment.
But residents living close to the proposed terminal said they feared explosions and leaks, and that they might be forced to leave their homes if an exclusion zone were created around the facility.
Source:
http://www.rte.ie/business/2008/0401/gas.html?rss
The board's decision in favour of the €500m project follows an eight-day hearing involving the promoters and objectors to the project.
Shannon LNG plans to build a liquefied natural gas terminal and four giant storage tanks on a site located on 280 acres of state land owned by the Irish semi-state company Shannon Development.
Millions of gallons of natural gas will be stored at the facility before being pumped into the national grid, via a pipeline 30km long. The company states that 650 jobs will be created during the four-year construction phase, with a further 50 jobs long-term.
Shannon LNG says this development will be one of the biggest construction projects ever undertaken in the area and that its benefits will be felt nationally, as well as in North Kerry. The company anticipates that the building can start next year and that the plant will be operational by 2012.
The company says the terminal would offer Ireland diversity and security of supply.
It also says the plant would not prejudice health and safety or significantly affect the environment.
But residents living close to the proposed terminal said they feared explosions and leaks, and that they might be forced to leave their homes if an exclusion zone were created around the facility.
Source:
http://www.rte.ie/business/2008/0401/gas.html?rss
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