Gas is supplied to the station by a pipeline that also serves many towns in Northern Ireland.

Coolkeeragh Power Limited (CPL) had been generating electricity since 1959 and ceased operations at the end of March 2005.

The old oil-fired station was viewed as the least attractive power plant to sell off in Northern Ireland, because of its limited lifespan.

[2] Construction of the new ESB owned 400 MW CCGT power station commenced in 2002 by the EPC consortium group of GE and VA Tech Hydro of Austria.

This high voltage electricity is transferred by underground cables to existing outgoing feeder connections in an adjacent NIEN substation.