West Offaly Power Station

Old and new peat fired power stations of the Irish Electricity Supply Board at Shannonbridge on the River Shannon.

The old Shannonbridge plant at the rear was closed after an accident in February 2004 when a high-pressure pipe at the plant exploded. The plant was already to be decommissioned as part of the planned closure of all six peat-fuelled stations in the country at that time. Subsequently the new 150 megawatt West Offaly station at the front has been constructed and this is supplied with around 1 million tons of peat annually by Bord na Mona.

The old station will be demolished soon.

Just above the boats can be seen the rotating spans from the old Shannon Bridge which were placed here when replaced with a fixed concrete span.