Enough wind energy to power 667,000 homes, or roughly every household in Dublin, Westmeath and Wicklow combined, was lost in ...

Ireland's 40-year-long era of burning coal - the dirtiest fossil fuel imaginable - to generate electricity came to an end in June. That was when ESB announced it had ceased burning coal at its ...

Wind farms provided 38 per cent of the country’s electricity in first three months of 2025, new statistics showed recently. Kerry led the way in March, producing more wind energy than any other county ...

The vast scale of Ireland’s unrealised offshore resource could make Ireland a European leader in renewable energy ...

Wind energy was responsible for more than 40% of Ireland's total electricity during March, a new record for the month. A total of 1,541 GWh of power was generated from wind farms in Ireland during ...

The global wind industry is entering a new phase of accelerated growth as both companies and countries adopt ambitious sustainable energy goals. 2023 was a record year for wind installations, with a ...

Old wind turbine blades are now supporting a footbridge in County Cork, Ireland. These blades, retired after their ...

Wood MacKenzie predicts that Ireland will meet its 8 GW 2030 solar target but wind, heat pumps, and electric vehicles (EVs) are all lagging behind theirs. Ireland’s current installed solar capacity is ...

A bomb cyclone hit Ireland and the United Kingdom on Thursday into Friday, preliminarily setting a new wind record for Ireland of 114 mph at Mace Head, after which point the wind equipment stopped ...

Ireland will go ahead with at least three more offshore wind auctions by the end of this decade, its marine minister told Reuters on Thursday, adding that it was unlikely the country would meet its ...

Industry Insight from Reuters Events, a part of Thomson Reuters. Price indexation and curtailment payments spurred competitive bids in Ireland's first offshore wind auction but supply chain and ...

They say it is an ill wind that blows no one any good. But rising temperatures—and the need to slash Europe’s dependence on Russian energy—are a boon for Ireland’s ambitions to become a big exporter ...