Edenderry Power Station

Edenderry Power Station is a peat fired plant producing 120mw of electricity and burning 1 million tonnes of biomass a year. This is mostly peat, supplies from nearby bogs via narrow gauge railway, but 7% of renewable biomass is burned, with plans to bring this up to 30%. In operation since 2000, it supplies around 3% of Ireland's national requirement. It is ireland's first privately owned power station and is operated by Edenderry Power Limited. In 2006 Bord na Móna paid €80m for Edenderry power station from E-On.