This will be achieved by leveraging Bord na Móna’s land assets, project development skills, and operation and maintenance capabilities. Powergen will be a leading low carbon electricity generator, with a suite of resources including wind energy, biomass, biogas and other renewable energy technologies supported by flexible thermal plant.
Ireland has to completely transform the way that we generate and consume energy for the future. A future with new forms of low carbon energy that are secure and sustainable
Namely, Edenderry Power Plant a peat/biomass generating unit, Cushaling peaking plant, Bellacorick, Mountlucas and Bruckana wind farms, and the Drehid landfill gas facility. The most recent portfolio additions are Mountlucas and Bruckana wind farms, these have made a significant contribution to our renewable portfolio with greater than 50% of our electricity generated now classified as carbon neutral.
By mixing peat with biomass, Bord na Móna has managed to reduce its carbon footprint by a substantial amount. Having already introduced biomass co-firing at Edenderry, we aim to increase the share of carbon neutral material in all three peat energy stations.
Siemens’ relationship with Bord na Móna Powergen has always been excellent and their engineering excellence is an outstanding asset to their wind development projects. We look forward to a long and successful collaboration with them as they continue to build a sustainable future for renewable energy in Ireland.”
Edenderry peat/biomass electricity generating station, Cushaling peaking plant, and Bellacorick, Bruckana, and Mountlucas wind farms are all Bord na Móna power generation assets.
The greener energy provided by Bord na Móna is improving the country. It’s improving the economy, creating jobs for local lads and it’s making the Irish economy and infrastructure a lot stronger from what it was.
In March 2015, Bord na Móna switched on a new more sustainable energy supply when it opened the Mountlucas Wind Farm. Situated in the Midlands of Ireland, the 84MW wind energy facility can supply the Irish grid with enough electricity to power 45,000 homes. Renewable energy, like that produced at Mountlucas, is contributing to Ireland’s EU targets and helping to decarbonise the Irish power supply.
By 2020, 20% of energy used across the EU must be renewable
By 2020, 16% of the energy Ireland consumes must come from renewable sources
In 2015, 85% of the energy used in Ireland was imported
