---
title: 2026 Charging Infrastructure Mid Year Review
description: It's July 2026, time to see how charging infrastructure's developed over the first half of 2026.
---

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# [2026 Charging Infrastructure Mid Year Review](https://www.irishevassociation.ie/news/2026-charging-infrastructure-mid-year-review)

 Written by [Thomas](https://www.irishevassociation.ie/news/author/thomas) | Jul 1, 2026 4:42:27 PM

It's July 1 2026, time to see how charging infrastructure's developed over the first half of 2026.

Overview

First up, the overall change in the number of *live* connectors from January 1 to June 30. We source our data on non-domestic charging infrastructure from [Open Charge Map](https://openchargemap.org), & we've an [interactive Infrastructure Data dashboard available](https://www.irishevassociation.ie/infrastructure-data) based on it.

| **Connector** | **January 1** | **June 30** | **Numeric Change** | **% Change** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CCS | 1,487 | 1,751 | 264 | 18% |
| Chademo | 454 | 448 | (6) | (-1%) |
| Type 2 | 5,897 | 6,223 | 326 | 6% |

 

Next, let's look to what charging infrastructure is still on the way. We are currently tracking 515 locations on [Infrastructure Updates](https://www.irishevassociation.ie/infrastructure-updates) (Member Version), & their statuses are as follows:

| **Status** | **Number of Locations** |
| --- | --- |
| Now Building | 60 [*amounting to 300+ connectors*] |
| Announced | 299 |
| Decision Pending | 36 |
| Further Info Required | 17 |
| Approved | 100 |
| Refused | 2 |
| Appealed | 1 |

 

County Level

Presented below are the total counts for each of the various *live* connectors per county.

| **CCS** |
| --- |
|  |
| **Chademo** |
|  |
| **Type 2** |
|  |

 

Spotlight on CCS

We'll focus on CCS as it's the dominant fast / high power connector. First up, what charging speeds are associated with those 1,751 CCS connectors?

| **CCS connectors by Charging Speed (kW)** |
| --- |
|  |

We note that advertised charging speeds typically reflects a unit's single vehicle potential.

Now let's take a look at the change in CCS from the perspective of charge point operators (or services), again sorted from the highest to lowest change in numbers.

| **Operator** | **January 1** | **June 30** | **Numeric Change** | **% Change** |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ePower | 127 | 202 | 75 | 59% |
| EZO | 316 | 384 | 68 | 22% |
| ESB ecars | 361 | 394 | 33 | 9% |
| Applegreen Electric | 98 | 122 | 24 | 24% |
| Circle K | 80 | 98 | 18 | 23% |
| Business Owner | 285 | 300 | 15 | 5% |
| Weev | 25 | 35 | 10 | 40% |
| Source | 8 | 18 | 10 | 125% |
| InstaVolt | 17 | 25 | 8 | 47% |
| Lidl |   | 6 | 6 | 100% |
| Monta | 32 | 29 | (3) | (9%) |
| Tesla | 60 | 60 |   |   |
| Ionity | 48 | 48 |   |   |
| Brite | 14 | 14 |   |   |
| Maxol | 6 | 6 |   |   |
| Certa | 2 | 2 |   |   |
| Stop N Top | 2 | 2 |   |   |
| ChargePoint | 2 | 2 |   |   |
| Fuuse | 2 | 2 |   |   |
| eStation | 1 | 1 |   |   |
| GOcharge | 1 | 1 |   |   |

 

Accounting for around four fifths of the new CCS so far this year were: [EZO](https://ezo.ie), [ePower](https://www.epower.ie), [ESB ecars](https://esb.ie/what-we-do/ecars)<https://esb.ie/what-we-do/ecars>, [Circle K](https://www.circlek.ie/circle-k-service-station/electric-vehicle-charging), & [Applegreen Electric](https://www.applegreenelectric.com).

Summary

With an increase of 448 CCS connectors in 2025, 2026 looks set to surpass that with three fifths that amount, 264, already now live in H1 2026 & a significant number already in the ground & awaiting power.

We note too the slight, 1%, decline in Chademo connectors, which relates primarily to unit replacements (a CCS plus Chademo unit being replaced with a dual CCS unit) exceeding the rate of new units with them.

[View full post](https://www.irishevassociation.ie/news/2026-charging-infrastructure-mid-year-review)

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