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Solar power reached a new monthly record in Ireland in July, with grid-scale solar accounting for 9.4% of the country\u2019s electricity fuel mix, according to provisional data from EirGrid, the operator and developer of Ireland\u2019s electricity grid.<\/p>\n
The figure marks an increase from 8.2% in June and 7.8% in May, highlighting the growing contribution of solar generation to Ireland\u2019s electricity system.<\/p>\n
Overall, renewable sources accounted for 32% of electricity in July, slightly below the 33% recorded in the same month last year.<\/p>\n
Wind remains the largest renewable source<\/p>\n
Wind energy provided 22% of the total electricity generated during July, with generation reaching 614 GWh.<\/p>\n
Gas remained the largest source in the electricity mix, accounting for 43% of all electricity used during the month. A further 24% of electricity was supplied through interconnection imports.<\/p>\n
Total electricity system demand reached 2,744 GWh in July, up from 2,676 GWh in June.<\/p>\n
Grid operating with up to 75% variable renewables<\/p>\n
EirGrid said the Irish power system can now safely operate with up to 75% of electricity coming from variable renewable sources such as wind and solar at any one time.<\/p>\n
Work is underway to increase that capability to 95%, as EirGrid continues to integrate higher levels of renewable electricity into the system.<\/p>\n
The grid operator balances electricity supply and demand every minute from its National Control Centre while also planning for Ireland\u2019s long-term electricity requirements.<\/p>\n
Solar milestone follows strong first half<\/p>\n
Diarmaid Gillespie, EirGrid\u2019s Director of System Operations, said July represented another record month for solar power and demonstrated its increasing importance as a renewable energy source in Ireland.<\/p>\n
He also pointed to several milestones recorded during the first half of the year. These included a new record for wind generation in February and, in April, the first time grid-scale solar power provided more than 1 GW of electricity.<\/p>\n
The July figures therefore add another milestone to Ireland\u2019s recent progress in integrating renewable generation into its electricity system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canva Solar power reached a new monthly record in Ireland in July, with grid-scale solar accounting for 9.4%…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[105887,105884,105882,105886,105880,105883,105881,61,60,105885,43,105878,105879],"class_list":["post-590408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-cambio-climatico","tag-energia-eolica","tag-energia-fotovoltaica","tag-energia-hidroelectrica","tag-energia-renovable","tag-energia-solar","tag-energias-limpias","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movilidad-electrica","tag-news","tag-revista-digital","tag-revista-energia-renovable"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}