Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 June 2022
85. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of electricity generated from renewable sources in each year since 2012 to date in 2022 as a proportion of overall demand. [31784/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra86. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount of electricity from on demand renewable energy sources in each year from 2012 to date in 2022. [31785/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraI propose to take Questions Nos. 85 and 86 together. 85 and 86 together.
The below tables shows the actual share of gross electricity consumption from renewable sources from 2012 to 2020 including estimates for 2021 and 2022 year to date as calculated by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). Gross electricity consumption is defined as electricity generation plus net imports across the interconnectors. the SEIA data for 2021 is provisional and will be finalised later this year while the 2022 figures are based on monthly data provided by Eirgrid from January to April and does not include renewable electricity generation for autoproducers.
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2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 Jan to Apr |
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Renewables % of Gross Electricity |
19.1% |
20.2% |
22.9% |
27.3% |
25.5% |
29.6% |
33.1% |
37.6% |
42.1% |
35% |
42% |
In calculating the contribution of hydro and wind energy for the purpose of the target for renewable energy under the Renewable Energy Directive, the effects of climatic variation are smoothed through use of normalisation rules. This includes the natural variation in wind speeds and rainfall from year to year and also adjustments for the effect of large increases in installed capacity midway through a year. The below sets out the normalised share of gross electricity consumption from renewable sources from 2012 to 2020.
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2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
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Renewables % of Gross Electricity normalised |
19.8% |
21.0% |
23.3% |
25.7% |
27.1% |
30.3% |
33.3% |
36.5% |
39.1% |
Further information from SEAI can be found at the following links:
www.seai.ie/publications/Energy-in-Ireland-2021_Final.pdf.
www.seai.ie/data-and-insights/seai-statistics/key-publications/national-energy-balance/.
www.seai.ie/data-and-insights/seai-statistics/monthly-energy-data/electricity/.
