Irish consumers avoided paying €2 billion for gas last year because the country’s wind farms provided 34 per cent of our electricity, up four points on 2021. The figures come from a new analysis published today by energy specialists Baringa entitled 'Cutting Carbon, Cutting Bills: Analysis of gas savings delivered by wind farms in 2022'.

Wind Energy Ireland welcome the publication today of the Climate Action Plan 2023 and stressed the need for Government, industry and communities to work together to implement the plan as quickly as possible.

The annual Building Communities report from Wind Energy Ireland shows that wind farms delivered more than €4.3 million in funding to local projects last year via community benefit funds. This marks an increase of over €300,000 on 2020 and reflects the continuing growth of renewable energy.

Wind energy monthly report – nearly half of Ireland’s power provided last month

Strongest ever October performance as wind energy pushes prices down

New report: Not enough Irish ports to deliver offshore wind energy target

Additional infrastructure essential to meet our climate ambition

Ireland’s wind energy industry has welcomed the announcement by Government of an increased ambition of 7 GW of offshore wind by the end of 2030 but warned this ambition must be supported by the right policies.

Wind energy monthly report – 30% of Ireland’s power provided in June

Strongest June on record for wind energy in Ireland

New report sets out carbon budget for electricity sector

Stronger grid and faster planning critical to delivery

Wind wins at auction clearing way for 14 new wind farms

But focus now needed to lower prices for consumers in future auctions

Wind energy supplied record high of 53% of electricity demand in February

Data also shows wind energy is crucial in cutting price of wholesale electricity

Ireland off-track for 2030 offshore wind energy target

Ireland’s offshore wind energy industry has warned that the country is not on track to hit its 2030 offshore renewable energy target.

Floating wind energy can transform Ireland into a European renewable energy superpower if the right policies are put in place to enable industry to start building floating wind farms in the 2020s.

Wind Energy Ireland, the country’s largest renewable energy industry organisation, has welcomed the publication this morning of the National Marine Planning Framework and the Maritime Area Planning Bill.

New report reveals endgame for fossil fuels in Irish power system

Carbon emissions to be cut by 80% by end of decade

Onshore wind to deliver huge rural jobs boost over next decade and generate billions in investment

Sector supports 5,000 jobs now, rising to 7,000 by 2030 / Onshore wind worth over €400m annually to Irish economy

IWEA Rebrands as Wind Energy Ireland

Yesterday the Irish Wind Energy Association rebranded as Wind Energy Ireland.

Majority of people in rural Ireland would back a local wind farm

New poll confirms enormous support for Ireland’s leading renewable energy

EPA report confirms wind energy is Ireland’s climate change leader

Today’s greenhouse gas emissions report from the Environmental Protection Agency confirms wind energy is leading the drive to reduce Ireland’s carbon emissions.

Broken planning system blocks renewable energy: Ireland will miss the Climate Action Plan’s target of 70 per cent renewable electricity by 2030 because of a broken planning system. This is according to a new report, Building Onshore Wind, published this morning by the Irish Wind Energy Association.

Renewable auction delivers cleaner, cheaper, power for Ireland

1,300 MW of wind and solar power proceeding to construction

Ireland now number one in the world for onshore wind energy

New report confirms Ireland is a global leader in renewable energy

Decisions made by the next Government could nearly halve the price of renewable electricity in Ireland or increase it by as much as a third. These are the findings of a new report, Saving Money, published this morning – Global Wind Day – by Everoze for the Irish Wind Energy Association who are calling for an industry task-force to cut the price of renewable electricity.

New report reveals multi-billion euro offshore wind energy potential

But lack of suitable port means offshore wind farms may be built from ports on Britain’s west coast

The Irish Wind Energy Association has warmly welcomed the announcement which will fast track seven wind energy projects through the new marine planning regime.

84% of adults in Ireland are in favour of wind power in Ireland according to a survey published by the Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA). The results of the survey, which was carried out by Interactions in October 2017, show 47% of Irish adults polled said they were are strongly in favour of wind power in Ireland while a further 38% favour it. Overall this is a 4% increase in favourable attitudes towards wind power compared with similar research in 2013.

A vast majority of Irish public favours wind energy

Opponents of wind energy have been accused of “playing on the public’s fear of the unknown” and on public representatives’ “aversion to conflict”.

Element Power, the company behind the £5 billion proposals, hopes to build more than 700 wind turbines and transport power through two dedicated undersea cables across the Irish sea

Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA) have claimed Ireland’s wind power market has the potential to create 30,000 jobs by 2020 – that’s if the Government brings about some reforms to the industry