Ireland electricity generation

Peco dryers are normally combined with a special peat-fired boiler and a back-pressure turbine providing steam and electricity to the dryer and also electricity to the whole briquetting plant. A Peco dryer was built in Ireland as late as 1982. The high capital cost associated with the dryer and the need for a boiler and electricity-generating plant have, however, led to the Irish peat industry reassessing their choice in favor of rotary-type flue-gas dryers. The flue gases are produced in special flue-gas generators [6]. 

T)man (2005) reported on a case study of a CHP (combined heat and power) system installed at a dairy facility in Ireland. The CHP system generates electricity and uses the generated heat to provide steam. The overall efficiency of the process is 58%. Reported energy savings were 1.7M euros/year with reduction of 27,920 tons of CO2. 

Over 33% of Community electricity is currently generated by nuclear power, giving it a critical role in overall economic security. However, this average ranges from 0% in countries such as Denmark and Ireland to 60% or more in Belgium and France, so that individual members of the Community find themselves with differing perceptions of the importance and benefit/ cost trade-offs of nuclear power. 

Shattuck, D. M., Ireland, P. A., Keeth. R. J., Mora. R. R., Scheck, R. W., /Vichambeault, J. A., Rathbon, G. R. and Morasky, T. M., 1984, Retrofit FGD Cost-Generating Guidelines. CS-3696, prepared by Steams Catalytic for Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA, October. 

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