But grid restrictions mean 14% of wind energy was lost in 10 months
Wind farms generated more than a quarter of Ireland’s electricity last month, new data has shown, and has provided 32 per cent of the country’s electricity so far this year.
But that proportion could be higher, with challenges in the transmission network meaning 14 per cent of wind energy was lost over the first 10 months of the year, Wind Energy Ireland said, That is due to “record levels of constraints” on the electricity grid that limit the amount of power Irish wind farms are allowed to provide, with the grid not strong enough to carry it.
“When our wind and solar farms are generating electricity, we need a strong grid to ensure we can use it and we need long-duration energy storage so we can save the excess renewable energy for when we need it,” said Noel Cunniffe, chief executive of Wind Energy Ireland. “Over the first 10 months of the year, 14 per cent of wind energy production was lost because of challenges with the transmission network.
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