Lough Ree Power Station
100MW, Lanesborough, Ireland
Lough Ree Power Station was a peat-fired power plant located in Lanesborough, Ireland. Commissioned in April 2004, it had a generating capacity of 100 megawatts (MW) and was constructed to replace an older facility in the area.
Location: Lanesborough
Total Capacity: 100MW
Type: Peat-fired facility
Commercial Operation: 2004
Notable Features:- Indigenous fuel utilization
- Regional economic contributor
- Advanced fuel handling systems
- Environmental compliance systems
Project Role
Foster Wheeler Oy developed this brownfield project and had responsibility for the entire plant. Due to a design oversight related to the peat fuel, this unit suffered severe corrosion of the baghouse and absorber towers in the first year of commercial operation. During the 2 year corrective action period I was site manager for this project site responsible for executing the repairs and resolving the outstanding technical and commercial issues which resulted in ESB dropping the $1.3 billion lawsuit that they had prepared.
