Moneypoint power station

Moneypoint power station (Irish: Stáisiún cumhachta Ghob na Muine) 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. The facility also operates a flywheel synchronous condenser providing grid-stabilization services.

For a period, Moneypoint was Ireland's largest electricity generation station (with an output 915 MW), and its only coal-fired plant. Commissioned between 1985 and 1987, it is located on the River Shannon, near Kilrush in County Clare, and was constructed at a cost of more than £700m. The station originally operated largely on coal, making it both unique in the context of Irish electricity production and for a while was the country's single largest emitter of greenhouse gases. At its peak, it was capable of meeting around 25% of customer demand across the country but by 2023, coal's share of the electricity fuel mix in Ireland had fallen to 4%.

When operating as a coal-fired power station, it had three Brown Boveri four-cylinder, single-shaft impulse reaction turbines which were directly connected to three electric generators. The steam was generated by three Foster Wheeler two-pass boilers, which converted water into high pressure steam by combustion of the coal.

The power station chimneys, at 218m, are the tallest free-standing structures in Ireland.