Wholly owned subsidiary of BG Group, Premier Power is a utility company that owns and operates Ballylumford Power Station a 600 MW CCGT. Premier Power provides over 50% of Northern Ireland’s total generating capacity and 17% of the island of Ireland’s capacity. The CCGT was constructed on a brown field site adjacent to the original station, making full use of the existing infrastructure, including natural gas supply and on site electricity distribution facilities. The CCGT system results in efficiency levels up to 75% greater than a conventional thermal power station. By producing significantly more electricity from the same amount of gas, a significant reduction in emissions of the gases that are natural by-products of the generation process can be seen – NOx (reduced by 45%), SOx (reduced by 65%), CO2 (reduced by 20%). > >