Turlough Hill is Ireland's only pumped-storage hydroelectricity plant, it is located in the mountains of County Wicklow off the R756 road at the Wicklow Gap. The plant was built between 1968 and 1974, for the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) by a German contractor. The project cost approximately IR£ 20 million (approxmimately US$ 50 million) at the time. At the time ESB started the project it also investigated a nuclear power option, this latter activity would later result in the Nuclear Energy Board. For many years groups could visit the site of Turlough Hill and the plant. However, this was discontinued because of operational and security concerns. The project was considered a major civil engineering and environmental feat in Ireland. Pumped storage hydroelectricity is a method of storing and producing electricity to supply high peak demands by moving water between reservoirs at different elevations. ... County Wicklow (Contae Chill Mhantáin in Irish) is a county on the east coast of Ireland, immediately south of Dublin. ... The Wicklow Gap The R756 is a regional road running west-east from Dunlavin to Laragh. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) (Bord Soláthair an Leictreachais in Irish), sometimes called ESB Ireland to differentiate it from US utilities, is responsible for generating most of the electricity in the Republic of Ireland. ... ISO 4217 Code IEP User(s) Ireland ERM Since 13 March 1979 Fixed rate since 31 December 1998 Replaced by €, non cash 1 January 1999 Replaced by €, cash 1 January 2002 € = £0. ... The corporate logo The Nuclear Energy Board[1] (NEB) was established in Ireland on November 30, 1973 by the Nuclear Energy (An Bord Fuinnimh Núicléigh) Act, 1971. ... The Falkirk Wheel in Scotland. ... In politics and other non-technical contexts, nature or (the) (natural) environment often refers to that part of the natural world that people deem important or valuable, for any reason — economic, aesthetic, philosophical, hedonistic, sentimental, etc. ...

Turlough Hill has four electrical generators fitted and can generate 292 megawatt. Like other similar systems, it has a reservoir. In this case, the reservoir is at the top of a hill, which is released when required to produce electricity and filled when an overcapacity of electricity is available. When the order is given, electricity can be made available within approximately a minute of startup. This is quite fast when compared with conventional sources such as coal, gas and oil which can take hours or days because of the requirement to heat all machinery to the steam temperature. An electrical generator is a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy, generally using electromagnetic induction. ... The megawatt (symbol: MW) is a unit for measuring power corresponding to one million (106) watts. ... The Ashokan Reservoir, located in Ulster County, New York, USA. It is one of 19 that supplies New York City with drinking water. ... Lightning strikes during a night-time thunderstorm. ... Coal Coal (IPA: ) is a fossil fuel extracted from the ground by underground mining or open-pit mining (surface mining). ... A gas is one of the four major phases of matter (after solid and liquid, and followed by plasma, that subsequently appear as a solid material is subjected to increasingly higher temperatures. ... Pumpjack pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario Ignacy Łukasiewicz - inventor of the refining of kerosene from crude oil. ... In physical chemistry, and in engineering, steam refers to vaporized water. ...

Landscape

Camaderry Mountain

Below the 300ft walls of the North Face of Sliabh Céim an Doire/Camaderry Mountain in Wicklow is the glacial corrie, Loch na h-Onchon, in a deep hollow between the foreground and background of the picture. On the top of Turlough Hill/Cnoc Tur-Loch (right) is an artificial reservoir; the water from the corrie is pumped up to the reservoir and when electricity demand is high it is let fall through the inside of the mountain driving hydroelectric turbines. The electricity is linked to the grid through underground cables. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2583x966, 545 KB) Below the 300ft walls of the North Face of Camaderry Mountain in Wicklow is the glacial corrie, Lough Nathanagan, in a deep hollow between the foreground and background of the picture. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2583x966, 545 KB) Below the 300ft walls of the North Face of Camaderry Mountain in Wicklow is the glacial corrie, Lough Nathanagan, in a deep hollow between the foreground and background of the picture. ...

See also

• Ardnacrusha
• Carnsore Point
• Electricity Supply Board

Ardnacrusha, originally The Shannon Scheme, is Irelands largest river hydroelectric scheme and is operated on the River Shannon near Limerick City, Ireland. ... Carnsore Point in County Wexford, Ireland is famous for being the proposed location of the Nuclear Energy Board power plant which was to be built in the 1970s. ... The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) (Bord Soláthair an Leictreachais in Irish), sometimes called ESB Ireland to differentiate it from US utilities, is responsible for generating most of the electricity in the Republic of Ireland. ...

External links

• The Center for Enegy Sudies, Paris - Turlough Hill Photos & Info
• The ESB's Turlough Hill page

Electricity generation in Ireland
Companies / organisations Airtricity | Dublin Bay Power | EirGrid | Electricity Supply Board | Huntstown Power | Imera Power | Northern Ireland Electricity | Nuclear Energy Board | Premier Power (NI) Image File history File links Download high resolution version (746x945, 684 KB)Topography of Ireland Source: http://earthobservatory. ... Airtricity is a wind farm operator in Ireland. ... {{Infobox_Company | Company_name = EirGrid plc| Company_logo = | Company_type = Public limited company - 100% of issued share capital held by Irish Government | Foundation = Registered as a company 7 February 2001, and was a commercial entity from that date. ... The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) (Bord Soláthair an Leictreachais in Irish), sometimes called ESB Ireland to differentiate it from US utilities, is responsible for generating most of the electricity in the Republic of Ireland. ... Imera Power is an Irish Company and is a privately held company that pursues and develops international opportunities in the private power and gas markets. ... Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) is the electricity transmission company in Northern Ireland. ... The corporate logo The Nuclear Energy Board[1] (NEB) was established in Ireland on November 30, 1973 by the Nuclear Energy (An Bord Fuinnimh Núicléigh) Act, 1971. ... Premier Power is an electricity supply company in Northern Ireland. ...
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