Wind energy provided nearly a third of Ireland's electricity in October, new figures from Wind Energy Ireland show today.
This means that Irish wind farms have supplied 33% of the country's electricity demand in the first 10 months of this year.
Today's figures also show that while wholesale electricity prices rose again last month due to high fossil-fuel costs, there was still nearly €70 in the difference between the wholesale cost of electricity on the windiest days and those days when we had to rely almost entirely on fossil fuels - €101.66 and €170.79 respectively.
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