Power plant · Ireland
Aghada Power Plant
Aghada Power Plant is a gas power plant in Ireland, with 985 MW of capacity, owned by ESB Group.
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 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (commissioned) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Start year | 1980 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Owner | ESB Group | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | ESB Group | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 985 MW (sum of operating units, Aghada CT1 90 MW; Aghada CT2 90 MW; Aghada CT4 90 MW; Aghada Unit 1 258 MW; Aghada Unit 2 457 MW) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Capacity | 963 MW | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Units | 5 units | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas (registered as Fossil Gas) | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Technology | Natural gas | Wikidata · record · CC0 1.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| EIC code | 47W000000000164J | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 51.8360, -8.2310 | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
Research on this power plant and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its grid connection and planning status, and an introduction to the owner.
Request researchAlso recorded as
2 sources record Aghada; this page joins their facts, each with its own source. Links to any of the records lead here. How records are matched.
| Name in the source | Identifier | Source | Matched on |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aghada | asset:eic:47W000000000164J | JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN) | — |
| Aghada Power Station | asset:wikidata:Q11957021 | Wikidata | Same name, coordinates and capacity |
How it compares
Aghada is the largest of 35 power plants in Ireland by capacity; its 985 MW is 11% of the 9,143 MW we hold for Ireland. Ranks and totals cover the power plants in our data that report their capacity, not every one in existence. Power plants planned, permitted or under construction are ranked apart.
| Within | Rank | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1st of 35 | 9,143 MW | 11% |
| All power plants in our data | 510th of 15,799 | 1,918,113 MW | <0.1% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this power plant: 3 data centers and 2 CO2 emitters (1,040,021 tCO2e), measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aghada CCGT | CO2 emitter | 748,142 tCO2e | — | 9.1 km |
| Irving Oil Whitegate Refinery Limited | CO2 emitter | 291,879 tCO2e | — | 9.1 km |
| Epark DC1 | Data center | — | — | 12 km |
| Elfordstown Earthstation | Data center | — | — | 14 km |
| Cork Internet Exchange (CIX) | Data center | — | — | 21 km |
Owner, operator and place
More from ESB Group
- Moneypoint power station915 MW
- Ardnacrusha power plant86 MW
- Aghada CCGT748,142 tCO2e
- ESB Poolbeg Generating Station742,480 tCO2e
- ESB Moneypoint Generating Station537,187 tCO2e
Other power plants in Ireland
- Tonn Nua900 MW
- Moneypoint855 MW
- Huntstown744 MW
- Tarbert652 MW
- Great Island470 MW
- Poolbeg463 MW
- Whitegate435 MW
- Dublin Bay405 MW
Data on this page
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DUKES 5.11: Power stations in the United Kingdom, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- European Commission, Union Registry. EU Union Registry public data, CC BY 4.0.
- JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), European Commission, Joint Research Centre. JRC Open Power Plants Database (JRC-PPDB-OPEN), CC BY 4.0.
- Bundesnetzagentur, Marktstammdatenregister. Marktstammdatenregister, DL-DE-BY-2.0.
- Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages. Dutch power station owners' and operators' pages, Facts only, each linked to its page.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.
- Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Planning Inspectorate: National Infrastructure Projects, Open Government Licence v3.0.
- RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer. RVO SDE(+)(+) projecten in beheer and SDE viewer, Free reuse, no attribution required.
- Wikidata. Wikidata, CC0 1.0.