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FOR A 10 YEAR PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) FACILITY ON A TOTAL SITE AREA OF UP TO 0.6HA THAT WILL PROVIDE GIRD BALANCING SERVICES TO THE IRISH ELECTRICAL GRID, TO INCLUDE UP TO 26 NO. SELF-CONTAINED BATTERY CONTAINER UNITS WITH ASSOCIATED HEATING VENTILATION AND AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS (HVAC), POWER CONVERSION SYSTEMS (PCS), STEP-UP TRANSFORMERS, CONTROL SYSTEMS AND ANCILLARY ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS, 1 NO. SINGLE – STOREY ELECTRICITY CONTROL BUILDING, 1 NO. 110KV ESB SUBSTATION, SINGLE STOREY SUBSTATION CONTROL BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, 1 NO. 110 KV GENERATOR TRANSFORMER, ALL NECESSARY GROUND AND FOUNDATION WORKS, ASSOCIATED COMPOUND CABLING AND DUCTING, PALISADE SECURITY FENCING AND LIGHTING, CCTV SECURITY CAMERAS, NEW SITE ACCESS FROM EXISTING PRIVATE ROAD, TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND AND ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) IS NOW SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION

(A) A HIGH INTERTIA SYNCHRONOUS COMPENSATOR (HISC) COMPOUND CONTAINING 1 NO. HISC UNIT ENCLOSED WITHIN A STEEL CLAD FRAMED STYLE STRUCTURE (12.1M MAX HEIGHT) AND SUPPPORTED BY 8 NO. ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT CONTAINERS (CONTAINING ANCILLARY POWER SUPPLY PRODUCTS INCLUDING A STATIC FEQUENCY CONVERTS, MV SWITCHGEAR, EXCITERS, LV DISTRIBUTION, CONTROL ROOM, WELFARE AND OFFICE), MAIN AUXILIARY AND START-UP ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMERS, GENERATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER, SWITCHGEAR EQUIPMENT, EXTERNAL COOLER UNITS AND 1 NO. BACK UP DIESEL GENERATOR AND ASSOCIATED DIESEL STORAGE TANK; (B) A 220KV HIGH VOLTAGE GAS INSULTATED SWITCHGEAR (GIS) SUBSTATION COMPOUND CONTAINING A GIS SUBSTATION BUILDING WITH ALL CONTROL AND HV EQUIPMENT WITHIN A SINGLE STOREY BUILDING (13.2M MAX HEIGHT). THE BUILDING WILL BE SURROUNDED BY A COMPOUND ROAD AND CONTAINED WITHIN A 2.6M HIGH GALVANISED STEEL PALISADE FENCE; (C) A BATTERY STORAGE COMPOUND CONTAINING 5 NO. BATTERY STORAGE CONTAINERS, ENCLOSED IN STEEL CONTAINERS OF DIMENSIONS APPROXIMATELY 13M BY 2.5M BY 3M, HOUSING INDIVIDUAL BATTERY COMPONENTS WITH 2 NO FITTED EXTERNAL HVAC SYSTEMS FOR EACH UNIT AND SUPPORTED BY 13 NO. INVERTER STATIONS, 14 NO. AUXILIARY TRANSFORMERS AND CONTROL CONTAINER; (D) 220KV UNDERGROUND CABLE TO THE EXISTING ADJOINING EIRGRID SUBSTATION; (E) ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS COMPRISING VARIOUS UNDERGROUND CABLES AND DUCTS, EQUIPMENT PLINTHS, BOUNDARY SECURITY FENCE, COMPOUND LIGHTING AND PALISADE GATES AND FENCING, SECUIRTY LIGHTING, CCTV, INTERNAL ACCESS ROADS, HARDSTANDING AREAS AND ALL NECESSARY FOUNDATIONS WORKS FOR THE ABOVE COMPOUNDS. THE PLANNING APPLICATION IS ON LANDS WHERE GRID STABILISATION FACILITY WAS PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REGISTER NO 19/115. PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT THE DEVELOPMENT IS SOUGHT FOR A PERIOD OF 10 YEARS. A NATURA IMPACT STATMENT (NIS) HAS BEEN PREPARED IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND ACCOMPANIES THE APPLICATION

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

FOR CHANGES TO THE PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED PEAKER POWER PLANT DEVELOPMENT (PLANNING REF. 13/138). IT IS PROPOSED TO CHANGE THE ENERGY SOURCE FOR THE CHARGING OF THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM (BESS) CONTAINERS FROM DIESEL TO CHARGING OFF THE NATIONAL GRID AND TO CHANGE THE PERMITTED LAYOUT FOR ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT BASED ON THE CONSEQUENCE OF THE PROPOSED CHANGE IN ENERGY SOURCE AT AN AREA LOCATED WITHIN THE PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT. IT IS ALSO PROPOSED TO INCLUDE A SMALL METERING ENCLOSURE ADJACENT TO THE CONSTRUCTED SUBSTATION BUILDING WITHIN THE PERMITTED DEVELOPMENT. A FIVE YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION IS BEING SOUGHT FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT

RETAIN AN EXISTING TELECOMMUNICATIONS SUPPORT STRUCTURE (PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER LOCAL AUTHORITY REF NO. 11/969) (AN BORD PLEANALA REFERENCE PL 08.240232) TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED GROUND EQUIPMENT, SECURITY FENCE, AND ACCESS TRACK

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