Moneypoint power station
Moneypoint power station is a large power station in Ireland which ceased to be a coal-fired power station in June 2025. After ceasing burning coal, it is to operate as a "back-up out-of-market generator" using heavy oil for electricity generation until 2029.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Charles W Glynn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Killimer and Tarbert.
Killimer
Village
Photo: Warren Buckley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Killimer is a village in County Clare, Ireland, in a civil parish of the same name. It is located on the northern bank of the Shannon and the N67 which passes through the village. Killimer is situated 3 km east of Moneypoint power station.
Tarbert
Town
Tarbert is a village in the north of County Kerry, with woodland to the south and the Shannon estuary to the north. It lies on the N69 coast road that runs along the estuary from Limerick before turning inland at Tarbert towards Listowel. Tarbert is situated 5 km southeast of Moneypoint power station.
Kilrush
Town
Photo: Simon Huguet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kilrush is a coastal town in County Clare, Ireland. It is also the name of a civil parish and an ecclesiastical parish in Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe. Kilrush is situated 5 km northwest of Moneypoint power station.
Moneypoint power station
- Type: Power station
- Description: ireland’s Largest Electricity based power Station
- Categories: coal-fired power station and industry
- Location: County Clare, Munster, Shannon Region, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.60799° or 52° 36′ 29″ northLongitude
-9.42272° or 9° 25′ 22″ westElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Inception
1985Operator
ESB GroupOpen location code
9C4GJH5G+5WOpenStreetMap ID
way 201581579GeoNames ID
7284459Wikidata ID
Q6899351
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Norwegian Bokmål—“Moneypoint power station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Moneypoint Power Station”
- French: “centrale de Moneypoint”
- French: “Centrale thermique de Moneypoint”
- German: “Kraftwerk Moneypoint”
- Irish: “Stáisiún cumhachta Ghob na Muine”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Moneypoint kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Moneypoint kraftverk”
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