Great Island Power Station
Great Island Power Station is a gas fired and former heavy fuel oil fired power station situated near Waterford Harbour in Great Island, County Wexford, Ireland, that supplies electricity to more than 500,000 Irish homes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Paddy Mulvey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dunbrody Abbey and Gorteens Castle.
Dunbrody Abbey
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dunbrody Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in County Wexford, Ireland. The cross-shaped church was built in the 13th century, and the tower was added in the 15th century. Dunbrody Abbey is situated 2 km east of Great Island Power Station.
Gorteens Castle
Castle
Gorteens Castle is a ruined castle situated on private land in south-east County Kilkenny near the village of Slieverue close to Waterford city. It is in the historic parish of Rathpatrick in the south-east of the Barony of Ida. Gorteens Castle is situated 4 km west of Great Island Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cheekpoint and Campile.
Cheekpoint
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Cheekpoint is a village and townland in County Waterford, Ireland, at the confluence of the River Suir and the River Barrow. Located beneath 150-metre-high Minaun Hill, the village has panoramic views of Waterford Harbour, the 650-metre-long Barrow Bridge and Great Island Power Station.
Campile
Village
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Campile is a small village situated in County Wexford in the south of Ireland. It is 14 kilometres south of the town of New Ross. As of the 2022 census, Campile had a population of 371 people. Campile is situated 3½ km east of Great Island Power Station.
Ballyhack
Village
Photo: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ballyhack is a small village located in the south-west of County Wexford, in Ireland, on the eastern shore of the Waterford Harbour, which is the estuary of The Three Sisters… Ballyhack is situated 4½ km south of Great Island Power Station.
Great Island Power Station
- Type: Power station
- Description: gas power station in Ireland
- Categories: gas-fired power station, combined cycle power station, and industry
- Location: County Wexford, Leinster, Southeast Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.28094° or 52° 16′ 51″ northLongitude
-6.9924° or 6° 59′ 33″ westElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Inception
2015Operator
SSE ThermalOpen location code
9C4M72J5+92OpenStreetMap ID
way 334109747OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialGeoNames ID
7626458Wikidata ID
Q116013425
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In Other Languages
From German to Norwegian Bokmål—“Great Island Power Station” goes by many names.
- German: “Kraftwerk Great Island”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Great Island kraftverk”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Great Island oljekraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Great Island oljekraftverk”
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