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To meet Ireland's overall target of16% use of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption by 2020 (it was just 3.1% in 2005) targets have been set for each sector. By 2020 renewable energy use is targeted to be 12% in the heating and cooling sector, 42.5% in the electricity sector and 10% in the transport sector.
Electricity generators in the Republic of Ireland are ESB, SSE, Synergen (70% ESB), Edenderry Power, Endesa-Ireland and Huntstown (Viridian). ESB owns the transmission and distribution networks. The transmission system operator is EirGrid plc, which assumed the role from ESB Networks on 1 July 2006. EirGrid ensures the safe, secure and economic ...
The Dublin Waste-to-Energy Facility, also known as the Poolbeg Incinerator, [1] is a waste-to-energy plant serving the Greater Dublin Area, located on the Poolbeg peninsula. The plant is capable of producing up to 60 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 80,000 homes, and provide district heating for up to 50,000 homes in the Dublin area. [2]
In 2020, wind turbines generated 36.3% of Ireland's electrical demand, making the island one of the highest wind power penetrations in the world. [2] [3] Ireland has over 300 wind farms (nearly 400 all-island); [1] [4] mostly onshore, with only the 25 MW Arklow Bank Wind Park situated offshore as of 2020.
Poolbeg Generating Station, a fossil gas power station owned by the semi-state electricity company, the ESB Group. Ireland is a net energy importer. Ireland's import dependency decreased to 85% in 2014 (from 89% in 2013). The cost of all energy imports to Ireland was approximately €5.7 billion, down from €6.5 billion (revised) in 2013 due mainly to falling oil and, to a lesser extent, gas ...
The table below gives a detailed overview of the fossil-fuel based power plants operating in Ireland in 2017. The data is publicly available and updated annually by the Irish Transmission System Operator (TSO), EirGrid, in its Generation Adequacy Report. [1] In total there was 6609 MW of power plants available in 2017.
Media related to Wind power in Ireland at Wikimedia Commons; www.sei.ie - Sustainable Energy Ireland, Ireland's national energy agency. www.iwea.ie - Irish Wind Energy Association; Arklow Bank Wind Park, GE Brochure (PDF) Sustainable Energy Ireland's report on policies for Renewable Energy programs Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine (PDF)
EirGrid plc. EirGrid plc is the state-owned electric power transmission operator in Ireland. It is a public limited company registered under the Companies Acts; its shares are held by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications. It is one of a number of Irish state-sponsored bodies and is regulated by the Commission for ...