List of power stations in the Republic of Ireland

This page lists all of the power stations operating in the Republic of Ireland.

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Power plants

The table below gives a detailed overview of the fossil-fuel based power plants operating in Ireland in 2017. The data is publicly available and updated annually by the Irish Transmission System Operator (TSO), EirGrid, in its Generation Adequacy Report.{{Cite web |date=2017 |title=All-Island Generation Capacity Statement: 2017-2026 |url=https://www.eirgridgroup.com/site-files/library/EirGrid/4289_EirGrid_GenCapStatement_v9_web.pdf |website=eirgridgroup.com |access-date=2 September 2023 |archive-date=2 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902200422/https://www.eirgridgroup.com/site-files/library/EirGrid/4289_EirGrid_GenCapStatement_v9_web.pdf |url-status=live }} In total there was 6609 MW of power plants available in 2017.

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Station	ID	Capacity (MW)	Primary fuel	Secondary fuel	Cycle	Boiler type	Condenser cooling
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Aghada {{efn\|name=fn2}}{{Cite web \|title=EirGrid and Soni Ten-Year Generation Capacity Statement 2023–2032, p112 \|url=https://www.soni.ltd.uk/newsroom/press-releases/soni-publishes-generation/SONI-Generation-Capacity-Statement-2023-2032.pdf}}	AT1	90	Gas	Distillate oil	Open cycle	n/a	n/a
Aghada	AT2	90	Gas	Distillate oil	Open cycle	n/a	n/a
Aghada	AT4	90	Gas	Distillate oil	Open cycle	n/a	n/a
Aghada	AD2	431	Gas	Distillate oil	Combined cycle	Waste heat recovery	Water
All Demand Side Units	DSU	260	DSU	n/a
Dublin Bay	DB1	402	Gas	Distillate oil	Single shaft combined cycle	Waste heat recovery	Seawater
Dublin Waste		61	Waste				Water
Edenderry {{efn\|name=fn3}}	ED1	118	Peat/biomass	n/a	Condensing steam turbine	Bubbling fluidising bed	Water
Edenderry OCGT	ED3	58	Distillate oil	n/a	Open cycle	n/a	Water
Edenderry OCGT	ED5	58	Distillate oil	n/a	Open cycle	n/a	Water
Great Island CCGT	GI4	464	Gas	DO	Combined cycle	HRSG	Water
Huntstown	HNC	339	Gas	Distillate oil	Combined cycle	Waste heat recovery	Air
Huntstown	HN2	397	Gas	Distillate oil	Combined cycle	Waste heat recovery	Air
Indaver Waste	IW1	17	Waste				Air
Moneypoint	MP1	285	Coal	Heavy fuel oil	Condensing steam cycle	Drum	Water
Moneypoint	MP2	285	Coal	Heavy fuel oil	Condensing steam cycle	Drum	Water
Moneypoint	MP3	285	Coal	Heavy fuel oil	Condensing steam cycle	Drum	Water
North Wall {{efn\|name=fn1}}	NW5	104	Gas	Distillate oil	Open cycle	n/a	n/a
Poolbeg	PBC	463	Gas	Distillate oil	Combined cycle	Waste heat recovery	Water
Rhode	RP1	52	Distillate oil	n/a	Open cycle	n/a	n/a
Rhode	RP2	52	Distillate oil	n/a	Open cycle	n/a	n/a
Sealrock	SK3	81	Gas	Distillate oil	Open cycle	Waste heat recovery	Water
Sealrock	SK4	81	Gas	Distillate oil	Open cycle	Waste heat recovery	Water
Tarbert	TB1	54	Heavy fuel oil	n/a	Condensing steam cycle	Drum	Water
Tarbert	TB2	54	Heavy fuel oil	n/a	Condensing steam cycle	Drum	Water
Tarbert	TB3	241	Heavy fuel oil	n/a	Condensing steam cycle	Once-through	Water
Tarbert	TB4	243	Heavy fuel oil	n/a	Condensing steam cycle	Once-through	Water
Tawnaghmore	TP1	52	Distillate oil	n/a	Open cycle	n/a	n/a
Tawnaghmore	TP3	52	Distillate oil	n/a	Open cycle	n/a	n/a
Tynagh	TYC	386	Gas	Distillate oil	Combined cycle	n/a	Air
West Offaly Power {{efn\|name=fn4}}	WO4	137	Peat	n/a	Condensing steam turbine	Circulating fluidising bed	Water
Whitegate power station{{efn\|name=fn4}}	WG1	444	Gas	Distillate oil	Combined cycle	Waste heat recovery	Air

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Renewable

= Non-dispatchable plants =

This table outlines the type and capacity of non-dispatchable renewable energy generation in Ireland, which was over 3 GW in 2015. In 2010 it was 1223 MW. The vast majority of it is generated by Irish wind farms.

Type	Capacity (MW)
class="wikitable sortable"
Wind	4,300 (2020){{Cite web \|title=All-Island Generation Capacity Statement: 2021-2030 \|url=https://cms.eirgrid.ie/sites/default/files/publications/208281-All-Island-Generation-Capacity-Statement-LR13A.pdf \|website=eirgridgroup.com \|page=47}}
Solar	1,000{{Cite web \|last=Darmody \|first=Jenny \|date=2024-02-26 \|title=Ireland's network now has 1GW of solar power connections \|url=https://www.siliconrepublic.com/machines/solar-power-electricity-network-ireland-esb-networks \|access-date=2024-05-21 \|website=Silicon Republic \|language=en}}
Biomass	34
Hydro	22

= Hydroelectric =

Station !River	Site	Capacity (MW) !Plant (h.p. horse power) !Electricity sent out 1958 (MWh)	{{Tooltip\|Ref\|References}}
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Anarget \|	County Donegal	0.804 \| \|
Ashgrove \|	County Kerry	0.6 \| \|	{{Cite web\|url=http://www.irishhydro.com/existing.html\|title=IHA: Existing Installations Page\|access-date=24 August 2017\|archive-date=2 September 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902200425/http://www.irishhydro.com/existing.html\|url-status=live}}
Ardnacrusha \|Shannon	County Clare	85.5 \|2 × 30,000 h.p. Francis turbines 1 × 34,000 h.p. Francis turbine 1 × 30,000 h.p. Kaplan turbine \|306,821	{{Cite web \|url=http://www.industcards.com/hydro-ireland.htm \|title=Hydroelectric Power Plants in Ireland \|access-date=24 August 2017 \|archive-date=26 January 2013 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126180313/http://www.industcards.com/hydro-ireland.htm \|url-status=usurped }}
Ballisodare \|	County Sligo	1.82 \| \|
Belmont \|	County Offaly	0.43 \| \|
Bennetsbridge \|	County Kilkenny	0.07 \| \|
Boyle \|	County Roscommon	0.13 \| \|
Carrigadrohid \|Lee	County Cork	8 \|1 × 11,600 h.p. Kaplan turbine \|14,922	{{cite web \|url=http://www.foundmark.com/Macroom/lee/1.html \|title=introduction \|website=www.foundmark.com \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010428180154/http://www.foundmark.com/Macroom/lee/1.html \|archive-date=2001-04-28}}
Castlegrace \|	County Tipperary	0.1 \| \|
Cathaleen's Falls \|Erne	County Donegal	45 \|2 × 31,750 h.p. Kaplan turbines \|194,095
Celbridge \| Liffey	County Kildare	0.055 \| \|
Clady \|Gweedore \|County Donegal \| \|4 \|1 × 45,650 h.p. Francis turbine \|commissioned 1959 \|
Cliff \|Erne	County Donegal	10 \|2 × 14,250 h.p. Kaplan turbines \|78,438
Collooney \|	County Sligo	0.510 \| \|
Cottoners \| Kilorgan	County Kerry	1 \| \|
Edergole \| Lough Belshade	County Donegal	0.65 \|Vertical Pelton (188 metres head) \|
Glenlough \|	County Cork	0.36 \| \|
Holy Cross \|	County Tipperary	0.205 \| \|
Inch Mills \|	County Kilkenny	0.1 \| \|
Inniscarra \|Lee	County Cork	19 \|1 × 21,000 h.p. Kaplan turbine 1 × 5,800 h.p. Kaplan turbine \|52,509
Milford \|	County Carlow	0.29 \| \|
Owenbeg \|	County Cork	0.8 \| \|
Poulaphuca \|Liffey	County Wicklow	30 \|2 × 21,000 h.p. Kaplan turbines \|23,508
Golden Falls \|Liffey	County Wicklow	4.0 \|1 × 5,230 h.p. propeller turbine \|9,089
Leixlip \|Liffey	County Kildare	4.0 \|1 × 5,800 h.p. Kaplan turbine \|14,611
Turlough Hill (pumped storage) \|	County Wicklow	292 \| \|	{{Cite web \|url=https://www.esb.ie/our-businesses/generation-energy-trading-new/generation-asset-map#turlough-hill \|title=Turlough Hill \|access-date=18 July 2016 \|archive-date=2 September 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902200435/https://esb.ie/what-we-do/generation-and-trading/generation-asset-map#turlough-hill \|url-status=live }}

= Wind =

Former power stations

New power stations were commissioned in the 1950s to meet the increasing demand for electricity. These included the following.{{Cite book|last=Garrett|first=Frederick C.|title=Garcke's Manual of Electricity Supply Vol. 56|publisher=Electrical Press|year=1959|location=London|pages=C-44 to C-49}}

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!Station

!County

!Capacity (MW)

!Type/fuel

!Generating plant

!Transformers

!Electricity supplied in 1957–8 (MWh)

!Commissioned

Allenwood

|Kildare

|40

|Peat

|2 × 20 MW

|2 × 10/110kV, 40,000 kVA

|216,014

|1952

Arigna

|Roscommon

|15

|Coal

|1 × 15 MW

|1 × 10/110kV, 1,500 kVA

|1958

Bellacorick

|Mayo

|40

|Peat

|2 × 20 MW

|1960

Cahirciveen

|Kerry

|Peat

|1 × 5 MW

|1 × 10/110kV, 6,000 kVA

|3,056

|1957

Clady

|Donegal

|Hydro-electric

|1 × 4 MW

|1 × 10/38kV, 5,000 kVA

|1959

Ferbane

|Offaly

|60

|Peat

|3 × 20 MW

|3 × 10/110kV, 75,000 kVA

|123,043

|1957

Gweedore

|Donegal

|Peat

|1 × 5 MW

|1 × 10/38kV, 5,000 kVA

|343

|1957

Lanesborough

|Longford

|20

|Peat

|1 × 20 MW

|1 × 10/110kV, 22,500 kVA

|1958

Marina CC{{Cite web |date=2016-03-01 |title=Marina |url=https://esbarchives.ie/portfolio/marina/ |access-date=2024-01-15 |website=ESB Archives |language=en-US}}

|Cork

|90-120

|Originally coal and oil, then gas

|1954

Miltown-Malbay

|Clare

|Peat

|1 × 5 MW

|1 × 10/38kV, 5,000 kVA

|11,651

|1957

Pigeon House

|Dublin

|95

|Coal

|4 × 20 MW + 15 MW

|5 × 5/38kV, 110,000 kVA

|689

|Originally 1932–40, 1948

Portarlington

|Laois

|25

|Peat

|2 × 12.5 MW.

Cooling tower

|1 × 10/110kV, 40,000 kVA

|129,952

|1950

Ringsend

|Dublin

|90

|Coal & oil

|3 × 30 MW

|2 × 10/38kV, 70,000 kVA; 1 × 10/110kV, 35,000 kVA; 3 × 38/110kV, 90,000 kVA

|273,707

|1956

Screeb

|Galway

|Peat

|1 × 5 MW

|1 × 10/38kV, 5,000 kVA

|5,083

|1957

Other decommissioned power plants include:

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!Station

!ID

!Capacity (MW)

!Primary fuel

!Commissioned

!Decommissioned

Aghada

|AD1

|258

|Gas

|1980

|2019{{Cite web |title=Facility information |url=https://epawebapp.epa.ie/licences/lic_eDMS/090151b280752925.pdf}}

References

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Ireland

Power stations

Station !River	Site	Capacity (MW) !Plant (h.p. horse power) !Electricity sent out 1958 (MWh)	{{Tooltip\|Ref\|References}}
class="wikitable sortable"
Anarget \|	County Donegal	0.804 \| \|
Ashgrove \|	County Kerry	0.6 \| \|	{{Cite web\|url=http://www.irishhydro.com/existing.html\|title=IHA: Existing Installations Page\|access-date=24 August 2017\|archive-date=2 September 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902200425/http://www.irishhydro.com/existing.html\|url-status=live}}
Ardnacrusha \|Shannon	County Clare	85.5 \|2 × 30,000 h.p. Francis turbines 1 × 34,000 h.p. Francis turbine 1 × 30,000 h.p. Kaplan turbine \|306,821	{{Cite web \|url=http://www.industcards.com/hydro-ireland.htm \|title=Hydroelectric Power Plants in Ireland \|access-date=24 August 2017 \|archive-date=26 January 2013 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126180313/http://www.industcards.com/hydro-ireland.htm \|url-status=usurped }}
Ballisodare \|	County Sligo	1.82 \| \|
Belmont \|	County Offaly	0.43 \| \|
Bennetsbridge \|	County Kilkenny	0.07 \| \|
Boyle \|	County Roscommon	0.13 \| \|
Carrigadrohid \|Lee	County Cork	8 \|1 × 11,600 h.p. Kaplan turbine \|14,922	{{cite web \|url=http://www.foundmark.com/Macroom/lee/1.html \|title=introduction \|website=www.foundmark.com \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010428180154/http://www.foundmark.com/Macroom/lee/1.html \|archive-date=2001-04-28}}
Castlegrace \|	County Tipperary	0.1 \| \|
Cathaleen's Falls \|Erne	County Donegal	45 \|2 × 31,750 h.p. Kaplan turbines \|194,095
Celbridge \| Liffey	County Kildare	0.055 \| \|
Clady \|Gweedore \|County Donegal \| \|4 \|1 × 45,650 h.p. Francis turbine \|commissioned 1959 \|
Cliff \|Erne	County Donegal	10 \|2 × 14,250 h.p. Kaplan turbines \|78,438
Collooney \|	County Sligo	0.510 \| \|
Cottoners \| Kilorgan	County Kerry	1 \| \|
Edergole \| Lough Belshade	County Donegal	0.65 \|Vertical Pelton (188 metres head) \|
Glenlough \|	County Cork	0.36 \| \|
Holy Cross \|	County Tipperary	0.205 \| \|
Inch Mills \|	County Kilkenny	0.1 \| \|
Inniscarra \|Lee	County Cork	19 \|1 × 21,000 h.p. Kaplan turbine 1 × 5,800 h.p. Kaplan turbine \|52,509
Milford \|	County Carlow	0.29 \| \|
Owenbeg \|	County Cork	0.8 \| \|
Poulaphuca \|Liffey	County Wicklow	30 \|2 × 21,000 h.p. Kaplan turbines \|23,508
Golden Falls \|Liffey	County Wicklow	4.0 \|1 × 5,230 h.p. propeller turbine \|9,089
Leixlip \|Liffey	County Kildare	4.0 \|1 × 5,800 h.p. Kaplan turbine \|14,611
Turlough Hill (pumped storage) \|	County Wicklow	292 \| \|	{{Cite web \|url=https://www.esb.ie/our-businesses/generation-energy-trading-new/generation-asset-map#turlough-hill \|title=Turlough Hill \|access-date=18 July 2016 \|archive-date=2 September 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902200435/https://esb.ie/what-we-do/generation-and-trading/generation-asset-map#turlough-hill \|url-status=live }}

List of power stations in the Republic of Ireland

Power plants

Renewable

= Non-dispatchable plants =

= Hydroelectric =

= Wind =

Former power stations

See also

References