The following page lists all of the power stations operating in the Republic of Ireland.
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Power plants
editThe 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.
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 |
Renewable
editNon-Dispatchable plants
editThis 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) |
---|---|
Wind | 4,300 (2020)[3] |
Solar | 1,000[4] |
Biomass | 34 |
Hydro | 22 |
Hydroelectric
editStation | River | Site | Coordinates | Capacity (MW) | Plant (h.p. horse power) | Electricity sent out 1958 (MWh) | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
editFormer power stations
editNew 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "All-Island Generation Capacity Statement: 2017-2026" (PDF). eirgridgroup.com. 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "EirGrid and Soni Ten-Year Generation Capacity Statement 2023–2032, p112" (PDF).
- ^ "All-Island Generation Capacity Statement: 2021-2030" (PDF). eirgridgroup.com. p. 47.
- ^ Darmody, Jenny (26 February 2024). "Ireland's network now has 1GW of solar power connections". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d "Hydroelectric Power Plants in Ireland". Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ a b "introduction". www.foundmark.com. Archived from the original on 28 April 2001.
- ^ "Turlough Hill". Archived from the original on 2 September 2023. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
- ^ Garrett, Frederick C. (1959). Garcke's Manual of Electricity Supply Vol. 56. London: Electrical Press. pp. C-44 to C-49.
- ^ "Marina". ESB Archives. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Facility information" (PDF).