Facilities
| Generation Capacity MW |
Plant | Location | Fuel | Year First Commissioned |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 963 | Aghada | County Cork | Natural gas and distillate | 1980 |
| 915 | Moneypoint | County Clare | Coal or Oil | 1985 |
| 470 | Poolbeg | County Dublin | Natural gas with distillate as an emergency back-up | 1971 |
| 292 | Turlough Hill | County Wicklow | Pumped-storage hydroelectricity | 1968 |
| 262 | North Wall | County Dublin | Natural gas or distillate | 1947 |
| 150 | West Offaly Power | County Offaly | Peat | 2004 |
| 100 | Lough Ree Power | County Longford | Peat | 2004 |
| 96 | Marina | County Cork | Natural gas and distillate | 1954 |
| 86 | Ardnacrusha | County Clare | Hydroelectricity | 1929 |
| 65 | Erne (Cathaleen's Fall and Cliff) | County Donegal | Hydroelectricity | 1950 |
| 30 | Poulaphouca | County Wicklow | Hydroelectricity | 1938 |
| 19 | Inniscarra Dam | County Cork | Hydroelectricity | 1957 |
| 8 | Carrigadrohid | County Cork | Hydroelectricity | 1957 |
| 4 | Golden Falls | County Kildare | Hydroelectricity | 1938 |
| 4 | Leixlip | County Kildare | Hydroelectricity | 1938 |
| 4 | Clady | County Donegal | Hydroelectricity | 1959 |
Tarbert and Great Island were sold-off to Endesa in 2008 under the asset-divestment strategy agreed with the CER. This aims to lessen ESB Power Generation's market dominant position.
The ESB also has significant holdings in wind generation, principally through its wholly owned subsidiary, Hibernian Wind Power.
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