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Largest power plants in Ireland by capacity

The biggest power plants in Ireland ranked by installed capacity (MW). Open data.

#	Plant	Fuel	Country	MW
1	Moneypoint power station	Coal	Ireland	915
2	Aghada	Gas	Ireland	528
3	Poolbeg Combined Cycle	Gas	Ireland	490
4	Whitegate	Gas	Ireland	445
5	Aghada CCGT	Gas	Ireland	435
6	North Wall power station	Gas	Ireland	426
7	Dublin Bay Power	Gas	Ireland	405
8	Huntstown Phase II	Gas	Ireland	404
9	Tynagh	Gas	Ireland	404
10	Turlough Hill	Hydro	Ireland	292
11	Shannonbridge power station	Oil	Ireland	264
12	Great Island	Oil	Ireland	216
13	Sealrock (Aughinish CHP)	Gas	Ireland	170
14	West Offaly Power	Biomass	Ireland	137
15	Cushaling	Oil	Ireland	112
16	Edenderry	Oil	Ireland	112
17	Rhode	Oil	Ireland	104
18	Tawnaghmore	Oil	Ireland	104
19	Lisheen	Wind	Ireland	88.8
20	Marina No ST	Gas	Ireland	88
21	Knockacummer 1	Wind	Ireland	87
22	Ardnacrusha	Hydro	Ireland	85
23	Mount Lucas	Wind	Ireland	84
24	Meentycat	Wind	Ireland	72
25	Dublin Waste power station	Biomass	Ireland	68
26	Boggeragh 2	Wind	Ireland	66.7
27	Corduff Flexgen power station	Gas	Ireland	63.5
28	Derrybrien	Wind	Ireland	60
29	Winthrop Dublin power station	Gas	Ireland	59.4
30	Sliabh Bawn	Wind	Ireland	58
31	Boggeragh	Wind	Ireland	57
32	Bindoo	Wind	Ireland	48
33	Cloghboola	Wind	Ireland	46
34	Kilgarvan	Wind	Ireland	45
35	Knocknagoum	Wind	Ireland	44
36	Garracummer	Wind	Ireland	43
37	Ballywater	Wind	Ireland	42
38	Bruckana	Wind	Ireland	42
39	Castledockrell	Wind	Ireland	41.4
40	Coomacheo	Wind	Ireland	41
41	Kill Hill	Wind	Ireland	36.8
42	Glenough	Wind	Ireland	35
43	Raheenleagh Wind Farm	Wind	Ireland	35
44	Mountain Lodge	Wind	Ireland	34.5
45	Barranafaddock	Wind	Ireland	34
46	Monaincha Bog (Gate 3)	Wind	Ireland	32.5
47	Lee	Hydro	Ireland	27
48	Gavagh Glebe	Wind	Ireland	26
49	Taurbeg	Wind	Ireland	25.3
50	Tullynamoyle	Wind	Ireland	22
51	Raheen Barr	Wind	Ireland	18.7
52	Meath power station	Biomass	Ireland	17
53	Ballincollig Hill	Wind	Ireland	13.3
54	Derrynadivva	Wind	Ireland	8
55	Altagowlan	Wind	Ireland	7.6
56	Largan Hill	Wind	Ireland	5.9
57	Geevagh	Wind	Ireland	5
58	Lenanavea	Wind	Ireland	4.5
59	Cuillalea	Wind	Ireland	3.4
60	Ballinlough/Ikerrin	Wind	Ireland	2.5
61	Mace Upper	Wind	Ireland	2.4
62	Crocane	Wind	Ireland	1.6

Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ measured for US EPA GHGRP / EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.

Frequently asked questions

What ranks first in largest power plants in ireland by capacity?

Moneypoint power station (Ireland) ranks #1 with 915 mw.

How many power plants are in this ranking?

This ranking covers 62 power plants in Ireland.

Which plants make the top three?

1. Moneypoint power station (915); 2. Aghada (528); 3. Poolbeg Combined Cycle (490).