West Offaly Power Station

West Offaly Power Station
West Offaly Power Station
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Country	Republic of Ireland
Location	Shannonbridge
Coordinates	53°16′22″N 08°02′20″W / 53.27278°N 8.03889°WCoordinates: 53°16′22″N 08°02′20″W / 53.27278°N 8.03889°W
Status	Closed
Commission date	July 2004
Owner(s)	Electricity Supply Board
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Peat
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	150 MWe
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The West Offaly Power Station was a large peat-fired power station in Shannonbridge, in the Republic of Ireland. The station was capable of generating up to 153 MWe of power, thus ranking as the largest peat-fired power station in the country.^[1]^[2] The power station was constructed as a replacement to the ageing 125 MWe Shannonbridge Power Station. The Station directly employed approx forty full-time with additional contract and part-time staff. The Station further supports employment in the Semi State Bord na Móna which supplied West Offaly with milled peat from the surrounding bogs. As part of its social employment mandate, the station is to receive Public service obligation support until 2019.^{[citation needed]} On December 11, 2020 the station ceased all power production after permission to continue burning peat was refused.^[3] Although local groups and leaders hoped that the plant would be converted to alternative use, the plant's owner has announced that the plant will be demolished and the site remediated to comply with the power plant licenses.^[4]