Huntstown — Ireland

Huntstown is a 343 MW gas power station in Leinster, Ireland. It ranks #12 of 76 Ireland power plants by installed capacity. 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 WRI1002825.

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 796 MW for Huntstown power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).

Data provenance

Source of the capacity and fuel values:

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000400328; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 343 MW, Huntstown is well above the median gas plant in Ireland (275 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre 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.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #10 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

• Huntstown Phase II · Gas · 404 MW · Leinster
• Corduff Flexgen power station · Gas · 63.5 MW · County Dublin
• North Wall power station · Gas · 426 MW · County Dublin
• Dublin Bay Power · Gas · 405 MW · Leinster
• Dublin Waste power station · Biomass · 68 MW · Leinster
• Grange Castle Echelon power station · Gas · 120 MW · Leinster

Location

Coordinates 53.4119, -6.3261 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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