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The “green” puns pretty much write themselves. On Wednesday, Ireland set an all-time high for wind output on the Irish grid at 4,629 megawatts, Green Collective reports.
By midnight Thursday, wind had accounted for a smidgen over 70% of Ireland’s total electricity demands for the day.
Wind generation has been falling since about 6pm so we're calling it: the new all-time, all-island high for wind output on the Irish grid is 4629MW, seen at 4pm this afternoon 🥳
Wind generation so far today equivalent to 73% of electricity demand – full report tomorrow!
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— Irish Energy Bot (@IrishEnergyBot) December 6, 2023
In 2022, Ireland ranked third in the world, alongside Uruguay, when it came to its share of electricity generated by wind power: 33%. Only perennial wind leader Denmark, which generated a whopping 55% of its electricity from gusty weather last year, and surging Lithuania (38%), edged it out.
It’s not just — forgive me — luck, either. According to the COP28 Global Offshore Wind Update, a new report from industry consultancy ERM published yesterday, only two countries out of the 19 that have 2030 offshore wind targets are expected to hit them: Ireland being one, and Poland being the other, Recharge writes. Most of its current wind capacity, however, is from onshore wind farms.
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