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Power plants in Ireland

A directory of 76 power plants in Ireland with a combined installed capacity of 11,501 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

76power plants
11,501MW total capacity
6fuel types
16with asset-level CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Ireland)

Wind: 38 plants38WindGas: 24 plants24GasOil: 7 plants7OilHydro: 3 plants3HydroBiomass: 3 plants3BiomassCoal: 1 plants1Coal

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Ireland electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

257gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
48.1%low-carbon electricity
48.1%renewables
51.9%fossil fuels
Gas: 48 % of electricity48GasWind: 38 % of electricity38WindSolar: 5 % of electricity5SolarBioenergy: 3 % of electricity3BioenergyOil: 3 % of electricity3OilHydro: 2 % of electricity2HydroCoal: 0 % of electricity0Coal

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

The state of Ireland’s power emissions

Across the 16 Ireland power plants carrying an asset-level CO₂ figure in this open dataset, total emissions are about 6.0 Mt CO₂/yr. The single largest emitter, Moneypoint power station (coal), accounts for about 23% of that 16-plant reported subset (not of the whole country). The top three owners — Electricity Supply Board, Indaver NV, Endesa — control roughly 54% of that 16-plant reported subset. Most of these plants sit in a temperate Köppen climate zone.

Largest emitters (Mt CO₂/yr)

Moneypoint power station: 1.4 Mt CO2/yr1.4Moneypoint…Meath power station: 0.99 Mt CO2/yr0.99Meath powe…North Wall power station: 0.75 Mt CO2/yr0.75North Wall…Great Island: 0.53 Mt CO2/yr0.53Great Isla…Whitegate: 0.51 Mt CO2/yr0.51WhitegateDublin Bay Power: 0.47 Mt CO2/yr0.47Dublin Bay…Tynagh: 0.38 Mt CO2/yr0.38TynaghSealrock (Aughinish CHP): 0.27 Mt CO2/yr0.27Sealrock (…Rhode: 0.17 Mt CO2/yr0.17RhodeTarbert: 0.13 Mt CO2/yr0.13Tarbert

Emissions by owner (Mt CO₂/yr)

Electricity Supply Board: 1.4 Mt CO2/yr1.4Electricit…Indaver NV: 0.99 Mt CO2/yr0.99Indaver NVEndesa: 0.85 Mt CO2/yr0.85EndesaElectricity Supply Board [100%]: 0.75 Mt CO2/yr0.75Electricit…Bord Gais: 0.51 Mt CO2/yr0.51Bord GaisSynergen: 0.47 Mt CO2/yr0.47Synergen

CO₂ — measured (US EPA / EU ETS) or modelled (Climate TRACE), per plant · backbone WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0) · climate: Köppen-Geiger (WorldClim). CC BY 4.0.

Largest plants in Ireland

#PlantFuelMW
1Coolpowra power plantGas1,155
2Moneypoint power stationCoal915
3AghadaGas528
4Poolbeg Combined CycleGas490
5TarbertOil488
6WhitegateGas445
7Aghada CCGTGas435
8North Wall power stationGas426
9Dublin Bay PowerGas405
10Huntstown Phase IIGas404
11TynaghGas404
12HuntstownGas343
13Cashla Peaker Power StationGas334
14Turlough HillHydro292
15Castlelost Flexgen power stationGas275
16Shannonbridge power stationOil264
17Echelon DUB20 power stationGas249
18Great IslandOil216
19Herbata Data Centre power stationGas180
20Kentstown power plantGas180

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Browse by fuel

Wind (38)Gas (24)

Power plants in Ireland by region

Munster (26)Leinster (21)Connaught (15)

Cite this

Inzonex PowerAtlas (2026). Asset-level power-plant CO2 emissions — Ireland. Derived from WRI GPPD, Climate TRACE, US EPA GHGRP and EU ETS (CC BY 4.0). https://inzonex.co.uk/poweratlas/ireland/

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Frequently asked questions

How many power plants are in Ireland?

There are 76 power plants in Ireland in this open dataset, with about 11,501 MW of total capacity.

What is the largest power plant in Ireland?

Coolpowra power plant is the largest at about 1,155 MW (gas).

What fuels generate electricity in Ireland?

The most common plant type in this dataset is wind (38 plants), across 6 fuel types in total.

How clean is Ireland's electricity grid?

Ireland's grid carbon intensity is about 257 gCO₂/kWh, with 48.1% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).