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Miltown Malbay

Peat

View of Miltown Malbay Generating Station with station buildings, chimney and electricity infrastructure in the foreground.

County: Clare
Fuel type: Sod peat
Capacity: 5MW
Status: Inactive
Commissioned: 1957
Decommissioned: 1990

After the end of World War II, the Irish Government committed to an extensive programme of bog development to be overseen by Bord na Móna. Four identical 5MW turf burning stations were built at Gweedore, Screebe, Miltown Malbay and Cahirciveen in 1957, at a cost of £500,000 each.

Cow grazing in a field with Miltown Malbay Generating Station visible in the background.

ESB also built seven other peat stations in the 1950s and 1960s, including Allenwood, Bellacorick, Ferbane, Lanesborough, Portarlington, Shannonbridge and Rhode.

Gerry Hillery, General Supervisor (L) and Paddy Ryan, Station Staff (R)Gerry Hillery, General Supervisor (L)  and Paddy Ryan, Station Staff (R), 1981