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Power plants in Ireland

334 power-plant records · 8,448 MW reported capacity

  • Wind 94%
  • Gas 3%
  • Oil 2%
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Ireland at a glance

Power-plant records
334
Reported capacity
8,448 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
46.5%
Most records
Wind, Gas
Grid operator
EirGrid
Capital
Dublin

Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Ireland

Liberalised marketCompetitive generation and retail

Ireland and Northern Ireland share the Single Electricity Market, run by SEMO. Wind often supplies over a third of power, with gas making up most of the rest.

  1. GenerationCompeting generators
  2. TransmissionIndependent grid operator
  3. DistributionRegulated local networks
  4. CustomersYou choose a supplier

Who regulates

  • CRUEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

EirGrid operates the grid and ESB Networks owns and maintains it; both are state-owned.

Markets & power exchanges

Regional grid

  • All-island grid (Ireland)Regional grid

    Ireland and Northern Ireland share one synchronous grid and a Single Electricity Market, connected to Great Britain by undersea cables.

What does “Liberalised market” mean?

Generators sell into a wholesale market, an independent operator runs the transmission grid, and households can choose their electricity supplier. Networks stay regulated monopolies because building parallel power lines makes no sense.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Ireland generates electricity

Electricity generated31.1 TWh
Renewable share46.5%
Low-carbon share46.5%
Carbon intensity270.9 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro0.77 TWh
Wind11.6 TWh
Solar1.1 TWh
Bioenergy1 TWh
Other renewables0 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal0.63 TWh
Gas15.1 TWh
Other fossil0.89 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Ireland occupies most of the island of Ireland, with an open central lowland surrounded by coastal uplands. Atlantic-facing landscapes and river estuaries frame many of its generation sites.

Capital
Dublin
Languages
Irish, English
Major cities
Dublin, Cork, Galway

Geographic reference: European Union country profile. Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 334 records for Ireland. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

334 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

313 lack an owner/operator; 20 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

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Browse 334 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

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