Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 30 May 2017
565. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of electricity generation created through renewable sources; and the percentage applicable to each different form of renewable energy. [25739/17]
View answerThe 2009 EU Renewable Energy Directive sets Ireland a legally binding target of meeting 16% of our energy requirements from renewable sources by 2020. Ireland is committed to achieving this target through meeting 40% of electricity demand, 12% of heat and 10% of transport from renewable sources of energy, with the latter target also being legally binding.
Details in regard to the sources of electricity generation in 2015 are publicly available in the report entitled Energy in Ireland 1990-2015, published by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) in November 2016 and available on the SEAI website at www.seai. The following table summarises those sources (figures are normalised):
|
Electricity Outputs (GWh) |
2015 |
|
Renewables (Normalised) |
25.3% |
|
Of which: |
|
|
Hydro |
2.5% |
|
Wind |
21.1% |
|
Biomass |
1.0% |
|
Landfill gas, |
0.6% |
|
Biogas |
0.1% |
|
Solar PV |
0.01% |
