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It's July 1, time to see how charging infrastructure's developed over the first half of the year!
Overview
We'll get the headline figures out of the way before getting into the detail.
First up, let's see the overall change in the number of live connectors from January to July. We source our data on non-domestic charging infrastructure from Open Charge Map, & we've an interactive Infrastructure Data dashboard available based on it.
| Connector | January 1 | July 1 | Numeric Change | % Change |
| CCS | 1,039 | 1,181 | 142 | 14% |
| Chademo | 424 | 443 | 19 | 4% |
| Type 2 | 4,651 | 5,401 | 750 | 16% |
Next, let's look to what charging infrastructure is on the way. We are currently tracking 195 locations on Infrastructure Updates, & their statuses can be assessed as follows:
| Status | Number of Locations |
| Now Building | 41 [amounting to 150+ connectors] |
| Planning Approved | 56 |
| Planning On Hold | 12 |
| Planning Appealed | 2 |
| Planning Decision Pending | 22 |
| ZEVI TII Grant Schemes [not already included above] | 62 |
Additionally, up to 179 locations will see installations under the Shared Island Sports Club EV Charging Scheme.
County level examination
Presented below are the total counts for each of the various live connectors per county.
| CCS |
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| Chademo |
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| Type 2 |
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A more detailed examination of CCS
We'll focus on changes in CCS as it's the dominant fast / high power connector, & the one most are interested in. First, let's see the change in live CCS connectors per county, sorted from the highest to lowest change in numbers.
| County | January 1 | July 1 | Numeric Change | % Change |
| Dublin | 283 | 315 | 32 | 11% |
| Wexford | 20 | 31 | 11 | 55% |
| Cork | 71 | 81 | 10 | 14% |
| Limerick | 55 | 63 | 8 | 15% |
| Clare | 26 | 34 | 8 | 31% |
| Roscommon | 15 | 23 | 8 | 53% |
| Meath | 32 | 40 | 8 | 25% |
| Kilkenny | 25 | 31 | 6 | 24% |
| Kerry | 26 | 32 | 6 | 23% |
| Offaly | 12 | 18 | 6 | 50% |
| Cavan | 12 | 18 | 6 | 50% |
| Donegal | 15 | 21 | 6 | 40% |
| Galway | 42 | 47 | 5 | 12% |
| Mayo | 34 | 38 | 4 | 12% |
| Carlow | 20 | 24 | 4 | 20% |
| Tipperary | 61 | 63 | 2 | 3% |
| Sligo | 5 | 7 | 2 | 40% |
| Longford | 17 | 19 | 2 | 12% |
| Laois | 32 | 34 | 2 | 6% |
| Monaghan | 9 | 11 | 2 | 22% |
| Louth | 34 | 36 | 2 | 6% |
| Wicklow | 36 | 38 | 2 | 6% |
| Waterford | 33 | 33 | 0 | 0% |
| Westmeath | 61 | 61 | 0 | 0% |
| Kildare | 57 | 57 | 0 | 0% |
| Leitrim | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0% |
22 counties have seen availability increase, typically half a dozen or more connectors, however no change was seen in Waterford, Westmeath, Kildare, or Leitrim in the first half of the year.
Now, let's look at that change in live CCS connectors from the perspective of charge point operator (or services), again sorted from the highest to lowest change in numbers.
| Operator | January 1 | July 1 | Numeric Change | % Change |
| EasyGO | 209 | 246 | 37 | 18% |
| ePower | 50 | 83 | 33 | 66% |
| Circle K | 36 | 58 | 22 | 61% |
| ESB ecars | 298 | 320 | 22 | 7% |
| Monta | 11 | 25 | 14 | 127% |
| Applegreen Electric | 70 | 82 | 12 | 17% |
| Weev | 19 | 24 | 5 | 26% |
| ChargePoint | 0 | 2 | 2 | N/A |
| InstaVolt | 2 | 4 | 2 | 100% |
| Business Owner | 203 | 205 | 2 | 1% |
| Fuuse | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| GoCharge | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| VIRTA | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Maxol | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Source | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| Ionity | 48 | 48 | 0 | 0% |
| Tesla | 60 | 60 | 0 | 0% |
| PlugSurfing | 10 | 1 | -9 | -90% |
Over half of charge point operators (or services) have increased the number of live CCS connectors in the period. Note that the decrease in Plugsurfing largely reflects EC Charging units which have changed over to Monta.
Summary
2025 has, so far, seen 150+ DC (CCS + Chademo) connections - over half of which are accounted for by EasyGO, ePower, Circle K, ESB ecars. Several hundred more AC connections are also now live too.
While the majority of counties see some level of increased CCS availability, Chademo has fallen out of favour (we are pursuing the acquisition of adapters!).
We also see that a similar amount of DC connections (i.e. 150+) are, primarily, awaiting grid connection or related work before they'll go live - units are otherwise in the ground. Assuming such upgrades & new installations continue apace, we could expect to see a c.30% increase in live DC connections by the end of the year.