Lumcloon Energy Ltd (Tulamoore, Ireland), a joint venture between two Irish companies, R&R Mechanical Ltd and Terotech International Ltd, was founded to develop a natural gas-fired power plant at a brownfield site formerly occupied by a peat-powered power station in Lumcloon, County Offaly. Lumcloon Energy has obtained the ruling to build the 250MW combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT), a 100MW single-cycle power generation plant, and a Research & Development Centre at the site of power utility Electrical Security Board’s former peat-power plant in Lumcloon. Plans reportedly have been lodged with governmental planning board An Bord Pleanala and will undergo a five-day validation exercise, before being made public in early September. Final approval is targeted for early 2010. Both power units will have gas turbines with diesel supply backup. Onsite storage of diesel will amount to 5200cum of tankage. Additionally, the CCGT will have a steam turbine. The associated R&D facility will develop a novel air-cooled condenser system called “MACC.” The plant is slated for completion by late 2012. The CCGT will have two gas turbines and one steam turbine; the MACC air-cooled condenser system; and diesel fuel storage liquids for fuel and effluent handling. The peaking plant will require a gas turbine, pipe work, diesel storage tanks, pumps, valves, control and instrumentation, and grid connection.