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Power plants in Ireland

A directory of 64 power plants in Ireland with a combined installed capacity of 7,782 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

64power plants
7,782MW total capacity
6fuel types
12with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Ireland)

Wind: 38 plants38WindGas: 13 plants13GasOil: 6 plants6OilHydro: 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).

Largest plants in Ireland

#PlantFuelMW
1Moneypoint power stationCoal915
2AghadaGas528
3TarbertOil488
4Poolbeg Combined CycleGas480
5WhitegateGas445
6Aghada CCGTGas435
7Dublin Bay PowerGas415
8Huntstown Phase IIGas404
9TynaghGas388
10HuntstownGas343
11Turlough HillHydro292
12Great IslandOil216
13Sealrock (Aughinish CHP)Gas166
14West Offaly PowerBiomass137
15EdenderryOil118
16CushalingOil116
17RhodeOil104
18TawnaghmoreOil104
19Marina No STGas88
20Knockacummer 1Wind87

Largest by capacity → Dirtiest by CO₂ →

Browse by fuel

Wind (38)Gas (13)Oil (6)Hydro (3)Biomass (3)