GE Vernova’s Gas Power business has secured orders for both the supply and the operation and maintenance activities of a simple cycle power plant consisting of eight GE LM2500XPRESS aeroderivative gas turbines from the Electricity Supply Board of Ireland (ESB) for their facility in Shannonbridge, County Offaly, Ireland. The Shannonbridge Power Plant will be a new temporary reserve power plant designed to deliver up to 264 megawatts (MW) to support the security and reliability of electricity supply in Ireland. The Shannonbridge Power Plant is being constructed in central Ireland and is expected to start operation during the 2023-2024 winter season and serve as a reserve power plant through to the end of the 2026-2027 winter season.
This project follows GE’s recently announced 200 MW emergency power plant construction project at North Wall in the Dublin area. Similar to ESB’s North Wall Power Plant, which is powered by six GE LM2500XPRESS, the Shannonbridge Power Plant will not be available to the open electricity marketplace; instead, this project will only be operated against a specific instruction to support the Irish grid when needed.
The Shannonbridge Power Plant will benefit from a 3-year Operations and Maintenance (O&M) service agreement with GE which includes operation, repairs and scheduled maintenance on the simple cycle power plant. The plant is being constructed within the site boundary of a decommissioned older power plant facility, and is designed to provide flexible, quick start-up emergency power.
