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Tue 03 Mar 2010Councillors welcome new Tarbert power plant
A PLAN by Spanish energy company Endesa to replace a 40-year-old ESB power plant at Tarbert, Co Kerry, with a smaller more environmentally-friendly natural gas-powered plant will create 500 jobs at peak of construction, a meeting of Kerry County Council heard yesterday.
The meeting heard the new plant, combined with a proposed import terminal and regasification plant also near Tarbert by the Hess corporation, offered huge hope for the local community and the country.
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