Gas Networks Ireland to connect Bord na Móna’s Edenderry power plant to its supply network

’s Edenderry Power complex to its network in a move that it says will reduce the Co Offaly plant’s greenhouse gas emissions by 40 per cent.

Once the connection is complete it will cut greenhouse gas emissions from the Edenderry site by 40 per cent, as the move will allow Bord na Móna to switch electricity generators there to natural gas from diesel.

GNI will lay a 22km steel pipeline linking its system to Edenderry Power. Construction is due to begin in 2027. The project is in the preliminary planning and development phase, the State company has said. John Reilly, head of renewable energy at Bord na Móna predicted the plan would transform Edenderry, saying the project would allow its generators operate more sustainably.

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