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List of power stations in the Republic of Ireland

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

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

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.

Hydroelectric

Wind

Former power stations

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

Other decommissioned power plants include:

See also

References