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A planning application has been lodged with Fingal County Council for the Huntstown Power Station site in the townlands of Kilshane, Huntstown and Johnstow, Co Dublin. The applicant, Huntstown Power Station, seeks permission to develop the site, with the proposed work comprising the construction of a temporary 50 MW electricity generator. The plant, built by independent energy group Energia in late 2022, is currently undergoing final commissioning and is expected to be handed over to the national grid operator, EirGrid, in the coming weeks.

The development is part of a wider emergency power strategy that the Government has pursued to address gaps in the Irish electricity supply. The Commission for the Regulation of Utilities has authorised several such generators, including a facility at North Wall in Dublin and additional units in Offaly and Kerry. The Huntstown plant will supply power to the State’s grid when demand is high, helping to mitigate the impact of the closure of older power stations and the delay in new generation capacity until 2032.

Fingal County Council will assess the application against its planning policy and local development objectives. Members of the public will have an opportunity to make submissions during the statutory consultation period, which is typically opened once the application is entered into the council’s planning portal. No decision date has yet been set, and the application is currently under consideration. No further details about the scope of the works or any proposed future developments have been disclosed at this stage.

See the Fingal County Council planning portal and the Irish Times article for further details.

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