Energy
ESB ‘determined’ to stop burning coal at Moneypoint next year - chief executive Paddy Hayes
The country’s largest power station is to move from coal to oil next year, before being transformed into a green energy hub over the next decade
The ESB is “determined“ to stop burning coal at Moneypoint by the end of next year, its chief executive has said.
Paddy Hayes told the Business Post that the country’s largest power station in County Clare will try shift to oil over the next two years, and that its three generators will increasingly be used only as back-up options when supply is tight.
“The next step is about getting out of coal,” Hayes said. “We ...
