A 292 MW hydroelectric energy production plant will be built in Ireland

Strabag Group and Andritz Hydro will build a massive hydroelectric production plant that will be able to produce enough energy to run 200,000 homes five hours per day.
The scheme is billed by developers and investors as the most effective generation in Ireland and would involve a wind farm using off-peak power to pump water to an elevated reservoir at night before it is released through turbines during the day to a lower reservoir.
If given planning permission, the Silvermines hydro station will be the second hydro generator in the country, along with the ESB’s Turlough Hill, a 292 MW plant in Wicklow. The planning application, which could take 18 months to two years, is to be made later this year and construction would take four years.