July 2024 saw record solar generation, making it the fourth record-setting month in a row for Irish solar 🥇☀️ Following a detailed review and some correction of official figures (the subject of several posts here recently) we've revised our July report 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️ Now on our website!

Renewable generation and pumped storage discharge was equivalent to 32% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 45% at 02:00. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 60% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 9% of demand was met by imports.

4 (FOUR) months of record solar generation in a row: after reviewing more data and trying our best to debug inconsistencies between different sources, we're happy to report July set a new All-Island solar generation record of 125GWh (111GWh in IE, also a record, and 14GWh in NI).

Renewable generation and pumped storage equalled 14% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 23% at 00:00. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 75% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 11% of demand was met by imports.

Renewable generation and pumped storage equalled 38% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 57% at 14:45. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 52% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 10% of demand was met by imports.

Record high renewables, record low fossil fuels for August - and a surprise all-time record for battery storage. It was a great month for renewables on the Irish grid. Full report now on our website! ☀️🔋🍃

Renewable generation and pumped storage equalled 27% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 48% at 02:00. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 52% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 21% of demand was met by imports.

Renewable generation was equal to 40% of August's electricity demand, while fossil fuels accounted for 45%. That's the narrowest gap we've seen during a summer month 🙌 How? More turbines, increased imports, the addition of large solar farms in 2023. Full report on our website.

🚨 Market data just in from SEMO suggests that Irish solar set a new peak output record on Saturday! SEMO's report is showing 641MW: even higher than the 620MW we saw June 23. We were able to revise that to 681MW once Eirgrid released their figures; this may reach 700MW🤞

Renewable generation and pumped storage equalled 29% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 40% at 12:15. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 61% of demand. 1% of generation was exported, 10% of demand was met by imports.

We've updated our August report to reflect the discovery of an unexpected solar record on the very last day of the month: it looks like island-wide solar output may have reached 700MW for the first time! ☀️🏅 greencollective.io/post/august2024

It's a little past my ordinary-level Leaving Cert Irish unfortunately but thank you Marc Ó Cathasaigh TD for the shout-out and we're very glad to be able to help! 📻

Renewable generation and pumped storage equalled 27% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 42% at 15:45. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 65% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 9% of demand was met by imports.

Renewable generation and pumped storage equalled 42% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 59% at 15:00. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 54% of demand. 1% of generation was exported, 4% of demand was met by imports.

Renewable generation and pumped storage equalled 46% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 79% at 00:00. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 45% of demand. 1% of generation was exported, 10% of demand was met by imports.

Renewable generation and pumped storage equalled 39% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 79% at 00:00. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 49% of demand. 2% of generation was exported, 13% of demand was met by imports.

Renewable generation and pumped storage equalled 16% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 30% at 01:45. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 63% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 21% of demand was met by imports.

Renewable generation and pumped storage equalled 48% of yesterday's electricity demand, with a peak of 76% at 18:00. Fossil fuel generation (mostly gas) equalled 45% of demand. 0% of generation was exported, 7% of demand was met by imports.

Last month was a record breaking August for wind energy in Ireland 🎉 Every time a wind turbine is generating electricity, it is increasing our supply of clean energy to power our communities. Read our August #WindEnergy report at the link below: eu1.hubs.ly/H0ccczS0