EFT has joined forces with ESB Electric Ireland to win business at three significant Irish Hydro Electric Plants. EFT are proud to now work closely with Arndnacrucha Power Station on the River Shannon in Co. Clare and Iniscarra and Carrigadrohid Power Stations on the River Lee in Co. Cork. The latter two are both in the process of installing EFT Energytracked while Ardnacrusha have been successfully using the system since February 2011.

Ardnacrusha power plant is Ireland’s largest river hydroelectric scheme and is operated on a purpose built canal connected to the River Shannon.

The generating plant at Ardnacrusha is composed of three vertical-shaft Francis turbine generators (commissioned in 1929) and one vertical-shaft Kaplan turbine generator (commissioned in 1934) operating under an average head of 28.5 meters. The scheme originally was designed for six turbines, with four fitted. The 85 MW of generating plant in Ardnacrusha was adequate to meet the electricity demand of the entire country in the early years. The full output equates to about 332,000 MWh generated on an annual basis. Ardnacrusha generates at 10.5 kilovolts (kV) but this is transformed to 40 kV for local distribution and to 110 kV for long distance transmission.