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-high (2,234 ft) 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 (392,000 hp) of electricity at times of peak demand.
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-high (2,234 ft) 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 (392,000 hp) of electricity at times of peak demand.
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