Housing commencement notices — Killimer

The development, which will be located within a fenced compound c. 0.4 ha, will consist of a up to 400 MVA (electrical rating) synchronous condenser which shares the existing 400 kV/17 kV transformer and 400 kV underground cable belonging to the existing coal fired unit 2. The following plant will be included within the compound: a) main building (c. 420sq.m., c. 15m high) to house equipment including the synchronous condenser, flywheel, lube oil skid, air compressor and pumps. b) supporting items of plant including; cooling equipment (c. 690 sq.m., c. 3m high); c. 7m high modular containers to house electrical and control equipment (total area of c. 384 sq.m.); auxiliary transformer (c. 48 sq.m., 7m high) and electrical plant including an external circuit breaker (c. 66 sq.m., c. 9m high); connections to existing site services networks including electrical, water and wastewater and an underground surface water attenuation tank connecting to existing surface water drains. c) all other ancillary and miscellaneous site works including site clearance; site access, internal roads and development of areas of hard standing including a maintenance laydown area. d) the development will be bounded by a c. 3 m high chainlink fence. Site access will be by means of a new c. 2.7 m high palisade gate accessed from a new internal road within the station site.

Floor area stated for this source: 501 m².