Official installed capacities  

Year	Capacity (MW)	Growth (%)	Onshore share (MW)	Offshore share (MW)
1997	53
1998	73
1999	73
2000	119
2001	125
2002	137
2003	186
2004	339
2005	495
2006	746
2007	805
2008	1,245
2009	1,260
2010	1,428
2011	1,614
2012	1,738
2013	2,037
2014	2,272
2015	2,486
2016	2,701
2017	3,127
2018	3,277
2019	4,155
2020	4,351
2021	4,351
2022	4,619
2023	4,713
2024	4,934
2025	5,119

Zones (*)  

Zone	Connected capacity (MW)	Share (%)
Kerry (Munster)
Cork (Munster)
Donegal (Ulster)
Galway (Connacht)
Tipperary (Munster)
Mayo (Connacht)
Offaly (Leinster)
Clare (Munster)
Limerick (Munster)
Wexford (Leinster)
Cavan (Ulster)
Roscommon (Connacht)
Sligo (Connacht)
Monaghan (Ulster)
Leitrim (Connacht)
Wicklow (Leinster)
Waterford (Munster)
Kilkenny (Leinster)
Offshore
Laois (Leinster)
Meath (Leinster)
Carlow (Leinster)
Louth (Leinster)
Dublin (Leinster)
Fingal (Leinster)
Unidentified	0,0

Top 10 manufacturers (*)  

Manufacturer	Connected capacity (MW)	Market share (%)
Nordex
Enercon
Vestas
Siemens
GE Vernova
Bonus
Gamesa
Senvion
Micon
Nordtank
Others	3,1
Unidentified	513,8

Top 25 turbines (*)  

Turbine	Connected capacity (MW)	Market share (%)
N90/2500
SWT-3.0-101
E70/2300
N117/3600
E82/2300
V52/850
SWT-3.2-108
1.5s
E70/2000
V90/3000
N149/4.0-4.5
V112/3450
N100/3300
SWT-3.2-113
V80/2000
N117/2400
E82/3000
V136/3450
2.85-103
V90/2000
SWT-3.2-101
V47/660
SWT-2.3-82 VS
6.1-158
N80/2500
Others	583,3
Unidentified	1,115,7

Turbine power distribution (*)  

Power range	Number of connected turbines	Represented capacity (MW)
Less than 1 MW
1 to 2 MW
2 to 3 MW
3 to 4 MW
4 to 5 MW
5 to 6 MW
6 to 7 MW
7 to 8 MW
More than 8 MW

Wind farm age distribution (*)  

Period	Number of connected wind farms	Number of connected turbines	Represented capacity (MW)
Before 1980
1980 to 1989
1990 to 1999
2000 to 2009
2010 to 2019
Since 2020
Undated

	Databases        Ireland (windfarms) Europe (windfarms) World (windfarms) All databases

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	Main windfarms in operation Ardderroo (115,0 MW) Galway Wind Park (108,0 MW) Yellow River (104,4 MW) Grousemount Wind Farm (102,4 MW) Oweninny (99,5 MW) Oweninny (92,8 MW) Amazon Donegal (91,2 MW) Meenbog (91,0 MW) Meenadreen II (90,0 MW) Knockacummer (87,5 MW) Mount Lucas (84,0 MW) Cloncreen (75,0 MW) Galway Wind Park (66,0 MW) Knockduff (65,0 MW) Sliabh Bawn (64,0 MW)

	Recent windfarms Drumlins Park (48,8 MW) Lenalea (30,1 MW) Cloghan (37,8 MW) Boolynagleragh (40,0 MW) Letteragh (14,1 MW) Lough Egish Food Park (2,4 MW) Glenmore (34,2 MW) Killala (17,0 MW) Cronelea II (4,6 MW) Dromada (28,5 MW)

	Legend #ND: no data (*): according to The Wind Power database

	Update for this sheet 10 May 2026