List of power stations in Northern Ireland

This is a list of electricity-generating power stations in Northern Ireland, sorted by type and name, with installed capacity (May 2011).

Note that the Digest of United Kingdom energy statistics (DUKES) maintains a comprehensive list of United Kingdom power stations, accessible through the Department of Energy and Climate Change here.

A red background denotes a power station that is no longer operational.

List Name Operator Location Type Capacity(MW) Commissioned Closed Ballylumford A AES Corporation Islandmagee, County Antrim Coal 660 1943 1974 Ballylumford B AES Corporation Islandmagee, County Antrim Oil 960 1968 2018 Ballylumford C EPUKI Islandmagee, County Antrim CCGT 616 2003 - Kilroot power station EPUKI Kilroot, County Antrim Oil/coal 662 1981 2023Kilroot Thermal UnitsEPUKIKilroot, County AntrimOil1412007/2009Kilroot (new OCGT's)EPUKIKilroot, County AntrimOCGT7002024 -Belfast EastBelfast CorporationBelfastCoal174.75 1959 1959Belfast WestBelfast CorporationBelfastCoal24019592002East Bridge StreetBelfast CorporationBelfastCoal12operating 1959 1959Londonderry CorporationLondonderry CorporationLondonderryCoal181894 1959Curran PointNorthern Ireland Electricity BoardLarneCoal5.7operating 1959 1959LimavadyNorthern Ireland Electricity BoardRoe Valley, LimavadyHydro electric0.07218961963 Gruig RES-Gen Ltd Loughguile, County Antrim Wind 25 2009 -Coolkeeragh power stationNorthern Ireland Electricity BoardDerry, County LondonderryOil19592005 Coolkeeragh power station ESBI Derry, County Londonderry CCGT 408 2005 - Lisahally Power Station BWSC GS-NI Derry, County Londonderry Biomass 17 2016 - Slieve Divena Infinis Windfarm Garvaghy, County Tyrone Wind 30 2009 - Lendrum's Bridge RES-Gen Ltd Fintona, County Tyrone Wind 13 2000 - Altahullion RES-Gen Ltd Limavady, County Londonderry Wind 26 2003 - Altahullion2 RES-Gen Ltd Limavady, County Londonderry Wind 12 2007 - Lough Hill RES-Gen Ltd Drumquin, County Tyrone Wind 8 2007 - Bessy Bell 1 E.On UK Newtownstewart, County Tyrone Wind 5 1995 - Bessy Bell 2 E.On UK Newtownstewart, County Tyrone Wind 9 2008 - Bin Mountain Airtricity Benaughlin Mountain, County Fermanagh Wind 9 2007 - Tappaghan Airtricity Lack, County Fermanagh Wind 29 2005 - Callagheen Scottish Power Belleek, County Fermanagh Wind 17 2006 - Corkey Scottish Power Cloughmills, County Antrim Wind 5 1994 - Elliots Hill Scottish Power Ballyclare, County Antrim Wind 5 1995 - Rigged Hill Scottish Power Limavady, County Londonderry Wind 5 1994 - Wolf Bog Scottish Power Ballyclare, County Antrim Wind 10 2008 - SeaGen Marine Current Turbines Strangford Lough, County Down Tidal 1.2 2008 2016

Joint venture with Scottish and Southern Energy

Tidal power

Northern Ireland was home to the world's first commercially viable tidal stream generator. Trials were begun in Scotland, then in England, before Marine Current Turbines installed the thousand-tonne SeaGen turbine at the mouth of Strangford Lough. The lough was chosen because it has one of the fastest tidal flows in the world. The installation went live and was connected to the grid in mid-December 2008, injecting an extra 1.2 megawatts of electricity.

The turbine was scheduled to produce power for five years, though Marine Current Turbines were reported to have asked for an extension beyond their 2013 contract. By March 2010, the turbine had passed an operating time of over 1,000 hours - a first for any marine energy device.

Impact to the environment was closely scrutinised. The device, built in Belfast's famous Harland and Wolff shipyard, is rigged with a sonar device which stops the motion of the rotor blades when it detects marine lifeform near it. While there has been no negative affect to the environment - a special protected wildlife area - it has been noticed that porpoises stop communicating while passing the device.

List of power stations in Northern Ireland

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