Last month saw record amounts of renewable energy produced for August in Ireland, according to provisional data from grid operator EirGrid.
Around 898 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity was generated from grid-connected wind farms in August, the highest-ever figure recorded for that month.
This provided for 34% of electricity used in Ireland, representing an increase from the previous August record of 867GWh set last year.
Meanwhile, grid-scale solar power surpassed the historic 100GWh mark for the second month in a row in August, with the figure of 103GWh of electricity produced accounting for 3.9% of demand last month, falling slightly behind the all-time record set in July.
Overall 40% of electricity used in August came from renewables, with total electricity system demand standing at 2639GWh for the month.
EirGrid director of system operations Diarmaid Gillespie said: “While we had a bit more wind power on the system compared to August 2023, the amount of solar energy generated for the grid almost doubled from the same month last year, which shows the rate of progress we’re seeing in integrating different types of renewables onto the electricity grid.”