Grange Castle Echelon power station is a 120 MW gas power station in Leinster, Ireland. It ranks #25 of 76 Ireland power plants by installed capacity. Its annual emissions of 32,849 t CO₂/yr (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)) are equivalent to about 7.7k cars driven for a year. In context, gas supplies about 48.4% of Ireland's electricity; the national grid averages 257 gCO₂/kWh (48.1% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id CT-2119.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Source of the capacity and fuel values:
capacity: GEM wiki operating-unit table, summed from matched page, fetched 2026-07-05; fuel: Climate TRACE
In context: how this plant compares
At 120 MW, Grange Castle Echelon power station is below the median gas plant in Ireland (275 MW). Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
32,849 t CO₂/yr — in everyday terms
This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:
Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies; emissions per EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023) (measured for US EPA/EU ETS, modelled for Climate TRACE).
How it compares & nearby plants
The #19 largest gas power plant of 24 in Ireland by capacity.
Ireland has 24 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 7,234 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Winthrop Dublin power station · Gas · 59.4 MW · Leinster
- Corduff Flexgen power station · Gas · 63.5 MW · County Dublin
- Huntstown · Gas · 343 MW · Leinster
- Huntstown Phase II · Gas · 404 MW · Leinster
- North Wall power station · Gas · 426 MW · County Dublin
- Dublin Bay Power · Gas · 405 MW · Leinster
Location
Coordinates 53.3283, -6.4342 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Grange Castle Echelon power station?
Grange Castle Echelon power station is a 120 MW gas power plant in Leinster, Ireland, Construction 2025.
How much CO₂ does Grange Castle Echelon power station emit?
Grange Castle Echelon power station has measured emissions of about 32,849 tonnes of CO₂ per year (EU ETS verified (EUTL 2023)).