Lough Ree Power Station was a large
peat-fired power station in
Lanesborough, in
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. The station generated up of power, ranking as the third largest peat-fired power station in the country after
West Offaly Power Station
The West Offaly Power Station was a large peat-fired 135 MW power station in Shannonbridge from 2005 to 2020, in the Republic of Ireland. The station was capable of generating up to of power, thus ranking as the largest peat-fired power stati ...
at and
Edenderry Power Station
Edenderry Power Station is a large peat and biomass-fired power station at the Cushaling river near Edenderry, in the Republic of Ireland. The station is capable of generating up to of power, It has been owned by Bord na Móna since 2006 an ...
at . The power station was constructed as a replacement to the ageing Lanesborough power station. The plant closed on 18 December 2020.
See also
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List of largest power stations in the world
This article lists the largest power stations in the world, the ten overall and the five of each type, in terms of current installed electrical capacity. Non-renewable power stations are those that run on coal, fuel oils, nuclear fuel, natural g ...
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List of power stations in the Republic of Ireland
The following page lists all of the power stations operating in the Republic of Ireland.
Power plants
The table below gives a detailed overview of the fossil-fuel based power plants operating in Ireland in 2017. The data is publicly available ...
References
Peat-fired power stations in the Republic of Ireland
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