Record quarter for wind energy approvals from An Bord Pleanála
An Bord Pleanála approved 7 wind energy projects in the first three months of 2025 and rejected none. This made it one of the board’s best quarters in recent years for renewable energy projects acc...
13 May 2025
Average wholesale electricity prices drop for third straight month
Irish wind farms generated 35 per cent of the country’s electricity over the first four months of 2025 as average wholesale power prices fell for the third month in a row.
07 May 2025
Wind industry welcomes new national offshore wind map
The Irish wind energy industry has welcomed the announcement today by Minister Darragh O’Brien that work has started on a new national map to identify locations where future offshore wind farms can...
01 May 2025
Hope for electricity consumers as new report finds Irish onshore wind energy can treble
In a new study commissioned by Wind Energy Ireland, leading Irish planning and environmental consultancy MKO has calculated Ireland’s capacity for further onshore wind development, which is the cou...
27 Apr 2025
Wind farms provided 38 per cent of Ireland’s electricity in first three months of 2025
Irish wind farms provided 38 per cent of the country’s electricity over the first quarter of 2025, according to data published by Wind Energy Ireland.
22 Apr 2025
