October 2022 was the best October on record for the volume of electricity produced by Irish wind farms and the share of demand met by the country's main source of renewable energy, the latest report from Wind Energy Ireland shows.
The latest figures mean that wind energy has supplied 33% of Ireland's electricity demand this year to the end of October.
Wind Energy Ireland said that as the average wholesale electricity price fell to its lowest level since August 2021 the report emphasised again the contribution wind energy is making to insulating Irish families and businesses from the worst effects of the fossil-fuel energy crisis. The large fall in wholesale electricity prices was due to the combined effect of large volumes of wind energy on the system reducing the need for gas and a steep drop in European gas prices as unreasonably mild weather across the continent caused a fall in demand, it added.
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