Turlough Hill (Irish: Cnoc an Turlaigh, meaning "Hill of the Turlach"), also known as Tomaneena (Irish: Tuaim an Aonaigh, meaning "mound of the assembly/fair"), is a 681-metre (2,234-foot) high mountain in County Wicklow in Ireland and site of Ireland's only pumped-storage hydroelectricity plant. The power station is owned and operated by the ESB and can generate up to 292 megawatts of electricity at times of peak demand.
Read more about Turlough Hill: The Mountain, The Pumped-storage Scheme
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