CO2 emitter · Ireland
ESB Poolbeg Generating Station
ESB Poolbeg Generating Station is a CO2 emitter in Ireland, with 742,480 tCO2e of verified emissions in 2025, operated by Electricity Supply Board.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Ireland | EU Union Registry public data · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Address | Pigeon House Road, Ringsend, D04 XD82 Dublin 4 | EU Union Registry public data · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Electricity Supply Board | EU Union Registry public data · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Activity | Combustion of fuels | EU Union Registry public data · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Verified emissions | 742,480 tCO2e (in 2025) | EU Union Registry public data · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 53.3416, -6.2140 | OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocoder · ODbL 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this CO2 emitter and its operator.Who owns it up to the parent company, its emissions and permits, and an introduction to the operator.
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ESB Poolbeg Generating Station is the 6th-largest of 15 CO2 emitters in Ireland by verified emissions in 2025; its 742,480 tCO2e is 8% of the 9,243,823 tCO2e we hold for Ireland. Ranks and totals cover the CO2 emitters in our data that report their verified emissions in 2025, not every one in existence.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 6th of 15 | 9,243,823 tCO2e | 8% |
| All CO2 emitters in our data | 291st of 1,000 | 853,829,896 tCO2e | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this CO2 emitter: 64 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 3.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data center, County Dublin (OSM way 1307057020) | Data center | — | — | 6.4 km |
| Eir Data Centre | Data center | — | — | 6.5 km |
| Digital Realty DUB11 | Data center | — | — | 6.5 km |
Operator and place
More from Electricity Supply Board
- Aghada CCGT748,142 tCO2e
- ESB Moneypoint Generating Station537,187 tCO2e
Other CO2 emitters in Ireland
- Aughinish Alumina1,107,056 tCO2e
- Irish Cement Limited (Platin Works)903,632 tCO2e
- Dublin Bay Power Plant886,437 tCO2e
- Whitegate Power Station800,308 tCO2e
- Aghada CCGT748,142 tCO2e
- Huntstown Power Station656,447 tCO2e
- Scotchtown Cement Works579,620 tCO2e
- CCGT HPC2 (Huntstown Power Station Phase II)564,143 tCO2e
Data on this page
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap Nominatim geocoder, ODbL 1.0.