Tarbert Power Station is an oil fired power station situated on the Shannon Estuary in Tarbert, County Kerry, Ireland.
However, due to the 2021–2024 global energy crisis, Tarbert station will maintain operation for an indefinite amount of time, until enough low-carbon generating capacity will be available as a replacement.
[2] In 2003 Tarbert was the site of an explosion that killed two workers and seriously injured another.
[3] In September 2022 one boiler was damaged by a fire, which led to loss of half of block 3's generating capacity, 120 MW.
[4][needs update] In 2023 plans emerged to replace the fuel-oil fired units by a new 350 MW Open cycle gas turbine Next Generation Power Station with one Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO)-fired unit.