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Liquid Natural Gas plan is one step closer

An Bord Planeala has given the green light to a project which would see a massive Liquid Natural Gas storage facility between Ballylongford and Tarbert.

But Shannon LNG are not completely out of the woods yet. They must now get planning permission for a 25 kilometre pipeline which would feed fuel to the national electricity grid. They are also required to secure a pollution licence from the Environmental Protection Agency.

The company will also be required to pay €200,000 a year into the local community.

The five tanks which will be located on the facility will be as high as Liberty Hall and have the same ground area as a soccer pitch.

More can be found in the independent.

It is one of the drawbacks to living on the periphery of Europe. All the dangerous shit, be explosives going through Shannon Airport, or highly flammable LNG floating up the Shannon river to Tarbert. And this is before the Lisbon Treaty.

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  • Squid, that is fierce quare statement I have to say. Remember most Irish citizens drive about the place everyday sitting in middle of a container for and machine using a highly flammable liquid.
  • "It is one of the drawbacks to living on the periphery of Europe. All the dangerous shit, be explosives going through Shannon Airport, or highly flammable LNG floating up the Shannon river to Tarbert. And this is before the Lisbon Treaty."

    This is a very odd statement to make considering that the LNG plant will be for use in the Irish market. In fact most of the dangerous things that come into Ireland "floating up the Shannon" are for domestic use.
    What would be the point in shipping it into Ireland and then road freighting it to Europe when you can float it in to Rotterdam at a fraction of the cost? Lisbon treaty or not all this stuff would still be coming into Ireland although without the EU it might be at a higher cost as the lack of free trade would become an issue.

    I'm not sure an Bord Planeala had any grounds to reject permission for the tanks. Apartments and houses have been built within a few meters of Oil and petrol storage tanks on the dock road. These while not as explosive as LNG plants are extremely dangerous if they catch fire. Just look at that storage depot that went up in England last year. A precedent has been set to allow people to build residential units adjacent to highly volatile storage installations!
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