GrantedDecided 07 February 2020Kerry County Council

KILPADDOGE, TARBERT, CO KERRY

Planning application 19115
DecisionConditional grant
Decided07 February 2020
Application typePERMISSION
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Application description published by Kerry County Council.
THE DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF A GRID STABILISATION FACILITY COMPRISING OF: THE CONSTRUCTION UP TO 4 NO. ROTATING STABILISERS, 5 NO. BATTERY STORAGE CONTAINERS, 1 NO. CONTROL ROOM, 2 TRANSORMERS AND ANCILLARY EQUIPMENT WITHIN A SITE AREA OF APPROX. 1.46 HECTARES. IT IS PROPOSED TO CONNECT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT TO THE ADJACENT EIRGRID SUBSTATION BY UNDERGROUND CABLE WHICH WILL TRAVERSE THE PERMITTED AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION PEAKING PLANT. THE ROTATING STABILISERS WILL BE SUPPORTED BY 10 NO. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ROOMS WHICH WILL CONTAIN ANCILLARY POWER SUPPLY PRODUCTS INCLUDING A STATIC FREQUENCY CONVERT (SFC), MV SWITCHGEAR, EXCITERS AND LV DISTRIBUTION, AND STEP-UP / DOWN TRANSFORMERS. A HEATING VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM (HVAC) WILL BE ATTACHED TO EACH ROTATING STABILISER, 4 NO. AUXILIARY TRANSFORMERS ARE ALSO PROPOSED. THE BATTERY CONTAINERS WILL HOUSE INDIVIDUAL BATTERY COMPONENTS WITH 2 NO. FITTED EXTERNAL HVAC SYSTEM FOR EACH. 13 NO. INVERTER STATIONS AND 14 AUXILIARY TRANSFORMERS ARE PROPOSED FOR THE BATTERY CONTAINERS. THE ENTIRE SITE WILL CONSIST OF VARIOUS UNDERGROUND CABLES AND DUCTS, BOUNDARY SECURING FENCE, COMPOUND LIGHTING AND PALISADE GATES AND FENCING, NEW INTERNAL ACCESS TRACK, SECURITY LIGHTING, CCTV, HARDSTANDING AREAS AND ALL NECESSARY FOUNDATION WORKS. PERMISSION IS ALSO SOUGHT FOR 2 ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS (UP TO 220KV), ASSOCIATED HV EQUIPMENT AND UNDERGROUND ELECTRICAL GRID CONNECTION CABLING AND DUCTING CONNECTING THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE NATIONAL GRID AT THE ADJACENT ESB/EIRGRID SUBSTATION. PLANNING PERMISSION IS SOUGHT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

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