[3] Commissioned between 1985 and 1987,[4] it is located on the River Shannon, near Kilrush in County Clare, and was constructed at a cost of more than £700m.
[5] The station operates largely on coal, making it both unique in the context of Irish electricity production and for a while was the country's single largest emitter of greenhouse gases.
[8] In 2021, its owner, the ESB Group, announced the facility would be closed and replaced with a green-energy hub.
[13] In 2019, the government launched its climate action plan which included a commitment to end the burning of coal in Moneypoint by 2025,[14] and replace coal-fired generation with "low-carbon and renewable technologies".
One option being explored is a 400 MW floating wind farm with an onshore hydrogen facility.