Platin power station — Ireland

Platin power station is a 169.5 MW gas power station in Leinster, Ireland. It ranks #22 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 GOGPT_platin_irelan.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 169.5 MW, Platin power station is below 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 #17 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

• Meath power station · Biomass · 17 MW · Leinster
• Kentstown power plant · Gas · 180 MW · Meath
• Huntstown · Gas · 343 MW · Leinster
• 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

Location

Coordinates 53.67615628, -6.388978712 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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