Powering Up the North West

To support the Government’s renewable energy targets and meet the growing electricity demand across the country, we must significantly increase the amount of renewable energy on our network. 

That’s why EirGrid is currently advancing the most ambitious programme of work ever undertaken on Ireland’s transmission system.

Powering Up the North West is a proposed programme of works designed to enable the integration of more renewable energy sources into the grid and enable the grid to meet increased electricity demand in the North West and. This will help drive economic growth and development across the region.

These projects are being developed in line with EirGrid’s 6-Step approach to Grid Development, which guides the process of identifying and delivering the most effective solution to meet the outlined needs.

Currently, both projects are in Step 3 of this process. The focus of Step 3 is to determine the best performing technology options and define the relevant study areas that will support the delivery of the projects.

EirGrid will be hosting a public consultation from 16 September 2025 to 25 November 2025. 

Submissions can be made either online or by post and the deadline for submissions will be 5pm on Tuesday 25 November.

The consultation portal will be available from 16 September 2025.

To find out more, come along to meet our team and have your say, you can attend one of our information events. 

We will also be hosting two one-hour long webinars where we will present details of the project followed by an open Q&A.  

These will be held on Tuesday 23 September and Tuesday 4 November at 7pm – registration details will be available on this website from 16 September.

If you would like to receive updates on this project please register your interest below.

Further information will be made available at this webpage as the project progresses. 

Please contact our Community Liaison Officer in the area with any queries.