Timmy Dooley
Question:197. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of RES-E capacity that has been installed to date in 2017. [44501/17]
View answerThursday, 19 October 2017
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I understand that as of September 2017, the total amount of renewable generation connected to the grid was 3,400 MW approximately of which 3,080 MW was wind generation. A breakdown of the other renewable technologies at that date is not available, but the majority (212 MW) was hydro. It is estimated that a total of between 3,900 MW and 4,300 MW of onshore wind generation capacity will be required to allow Ireland to meet its 40% renewable electricity target.
The latest available published information in regard to the breakdown of Ireland's total primary energy supply is publically available in the report Energy in Ireland 1990-2015 published by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland in November 2016 and available at www.seai.ie.
Details of connected and contracted generators are publically available on the websites of EirGrid and ESB Networks at www.eirgridgroup.com and www.esbnetworks.ie/ respectively.