List of power stations in the Republic of Ireland

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

Moneypoint (coal and heavy fuel oil)

## Power plants

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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.[1] In total there was 6609 MW of power plants available in 2017.

Tarbert (heavy fuel oil) Great Island (natural gas) Edenderry (peat) Aghada (distillate oil) Ardnacrusha (hydro) Black Banks (wind) Station | ID | Capacity (MW) | Primary Fuel | Secondary Fuel | Cycle | Boiler Type | Condenser Cooling

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All Demand Side Units | DSU | 260 | DSU | n/a |  |  |
Aghada [a][2] | 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
Dublin Bay | DB1 | 402 | Gas | Distillate Oil | Single Shaft Combined Cycle | Waste Heat Recovery | Seawater
Dublin Waste |  | 61 | Waste |  |  |  | Water
Edenderry [b] | 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
Lough Ree Power [c] | LR4 | 91 | Peat | n/a | Condensing Steam Cycle | Circulating Fluidising Bed | Water
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 [d] | 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 [c] | WO4 | 137 | Peat | n/a | Condensing Steam Turbine | Circulating Fluidising Bed | Water
Whitegate power station [c] | WG1 | 444 | Gas | Distillate Oil | Combined Cycle | Waste Heat Recovery | Air

1. ^ Initially to be shut by 2023, but closure notice was withdrawn
2. ^ Planning permission extended to end 2023
3. ^ a b c PSO levy runs out in 2019
4. ^ To be shut by 2023

## Renewable

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### Non-Dispatchable plants

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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)

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Wind | 4,300 (2020)[3]
Solar | 1,000[4]
Biomass | 34
Hydro | 22

### Hydroelectric

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Station  | River | Site | Coordinates | Capacity (MW)  | Plant (h.p. horse power)  | Electricity sent out 1958 (MWh) | Ref

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Anarget  |  | County Donegal |  | 0.804  |  |  | [5]
Ashgrove  |  | County Kerry |  | 0.6  |  |  | [5]
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 | [6]
Ballisodare  |  | County Sligo |  | 1.82  |  |  | [5]
Belmont  |  | County Offaly |  | 0.43  |  |  | [5]
Bennetsbridge  |  | County Kilkenny |  | 0.07  |  |  | [5]
Boyle  |  | County Roscommon |  | 0.13  |  |  | [5]
Carrigadrohid | Lee | County Cork |  | 8  | 1 × 11,600 h.p. Kaplan turbine  | 14,922 | [7]
Castlegrace  |  | County Tipperary |  | 0.1  |  |  | [5]
Cathaleen's Falls | Erne | County Donegal |  | 45  | 2 × 31,750 h.p. Kaplan turbines  | 194,095 | [6]
Celbridge  | Liffey | County Kildare |  | 0.055  |  |  | [5]
Clady  | Gweedore  | County Donegal |  | 4  | 1 × 45,650 h.p. Francis turbine  | commissioned 1959  | [6]
Cliff  | Erne | County Donegal |  | 10  | 2 × 14,250 h.p. Kaplan turbines  | 78,438 | [6]
Collooney  |  | County Sligo |  | 0.510  |  |  | [5]
Cottoners  | Kilorgan | County Kerry |  | 1  |  |  | [5]
Edergole  | Lough Belshade | County Donegal |  | 0.65  | Vertical Pelton (188 metres head)  |  | [5]
Glenlough  |  | County Cork |  | 0.36  |  |  | [5]
Holy Cross  |  | County Tipperary |  | 0.205  |  |  | [5]
Inch Mills  |  | County Kilkenny |  | 0.1  |  |  | [5]
Inniscarra | Lee | County Cork |  | 19  | 1 × 21,000 h.p. Kaplan turbine

1 × 5,800 h.p. Kaplan turbine

| 52,509 | [7]
Milford  |  | County Carlow |  | 0.29  |  |  | [5]
Owenbeg  |  | County Cork |  | 0.8  |  |  | [5]
Poulaphuca  | Liffey | County Wicklow |  | 30  | 2 × 21,000 h.p. Kaplan turbines  | 23,508 | [5]
Golden Falls | Liffey | County Wicklow |  | 4.0  | 1 × 5,230 h.p. propellor turbine  | 9,089 | [5]
Leixlip  | Liffey | County Kildare |  | 4.0  | 1 × 5,800 h.p. Kaplan turbine  | 14,611 | [5]
Turlough Hill (pumped storage)  |  | County Wicklow |  | 292  |  |  | [8]

### Wind

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Main article: List of wind farms in the Republic of Ireland

## Former power stations

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New power stations were commissioned in the 1950s to meet the increasing demand for electricity. These included the following.[9]

Station  | County  | Capacity (MW)  | Type/fuel  | Generating plant  | Transformers  | Electricity supplied in 1957–8 (MWh)  | Commissioned

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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  | 5  | Peat  | 1 × 5 MW  | 1 × 10/110kV, 6,000 kVA  | 3,056  | 1957
Clady  | Donegal  | 4  | 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  | 5  | 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[10] | Cork  | 90-120  | Originally coal and oil, then gas  |  |  |  | 1954
Miltown-Malbay  | Clare  | 5  | 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  | 5  | Peat  | 1 × 5 MW  | 1 × 10/38kV, 5,000 kVA  | 5,083  | 1957

Other decommissioned power plants include:

Station  | ID  | Capacity (MW)  | Primary fuel  | Commissioned  | Decommissioned

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Aghada | AD1  | 258  | Gas  | 1980  | 2019[11]

## See also

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* Republic of Ireland portal
* Energy portal

* East-West Interconnector
* List of power stations in Europe
* List of largest power stations in the world
* Pumped-storage hydroelectricity
* List of high-voltage transmission links in the Republic of Ireland

## References

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1. ^ "All-Island Generation Capacity Statement: 2017-2026" (PDF). eirgridgroup.com. 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
2. ^ "EirGrid and Soni Ten-Year Generation Capacity Statement 2023–2032, p112" (PDF).
3. ^ "All-Island Generation Capacity Statement: 2021-2030" (PDF). eirgridgroup.com. p. 47.
4. ^ Darmody, Jenny (26 February 2024). "Ireland's network now has 1GW of solar power connections". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "IHA: Existing Installations Page". Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
6. ^ a b c d "Hydroelectric Power Plants in Ireland". Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
7. ^ a b "introduction". www.foundmark.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2001.
8. ^ "Turlough Hill". Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
9. ^ Garrett, Frederick C. (1959). Garcke's Manual of Electricity Supply Vol. 56. London: Electrical Press. pp. C-44 to C-49.
10. ^ "Marina". ESB Archives. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
11. ^ "Facility information" (PDF).

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