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
Wind farms help deliver cleanest month yet for our power grid
Wind energy provided 48 per cent of Ireland’s power in February, making it Ireland’s leading source of electricity last month.
10 Mar 2025
CEO Noel Cunniffe discusses findings of new Baringa report on RTE's Morning Ireland
Spending on gas for electricity in Ireland was cut by almost one billion euro last year, as wind energy supplied 32 per cent of Ireland’s electricity, according to new Baringa report.
17 Feb 2025
