ESB Launches Public Tours At Ardnacrusha Power Station

ESB has launched public tours of the Ardnacrusha Power Station in Co Clare.

The energy firm first began facilitating tours from the general public in June 1928 and welcomed over 85,000 visitors within the first nine months.

To mark the 90th anniversary of its foundation, ESB is running dedicated school and public tours during the summer months.

School group visits are being facilitated until 30 June with public tours taking place from 01 July to 31 August 2017.


The guided tours can accommodate groups of up to 30 people and runs for approximately 90 minutes.

Mr Alan Bane, ESB's Plant Manager at Ardnacrusha, said: "Our workplace is an important historic site in Ireland’s development, so it has been a source of great pride to everyone who works here to open our gates to the public this summer. The four turbines are still humming, supplying same 86 megawatts of renewable electricity as when they were first installed. The country's development has been such in the meantime that the power station now represents about two per cent of total installed capacity."

(CD/LM)