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48% of electricity came from renewables last month - Eirgrid

Statkraft's wind farm at Cushaling in Co Offaly
Wind represented 41% of Ireland's electricity last month - while a new record for wind generation was set in the middle of the month

Nearly half of Ireland's electricity in February came from renewable sources, according to provisional data from Eirgrid.

The operator of the country's electricity grid said that 48% of Ireland's electricity last month was renewable - compared to 39% in January.

Wind was the biggest source of last month's renewable energy, making up 41% of all electricity.

Just 1.2% came from solar, with 5.8% coming from other renewable sources.

Gas represented the bulk of the remainder, making up 37% of the month's electricity supply. A further 14% was imported via interconnection.

Eirgrid said the month also saw the setting of a new record for wind generation, with 3,898 MW of energy created at 5.50pm on 14th February.

That beats the previous record of 3,884 MW, set almost exactly a year earlier, on 13th February 2025.

Eirgrid said that, just minutes after that new wind generation record was hit, demand for electricity also hit a new record peak - with demand of 5,408 MW recorded at 6.10pm on the 14th February.