Ireland : Electricity Sector Statistics

Ireland : Electricity Sector Statistics

Indicator NameValue
Electricity production (kWh)27,441,000,000
Electricity production from coal sources (kWh)4,547,000,000
Electricity production from natural gas sources (kWh)15,044,000,000
Electricity production from nuclear sources (kWh)0
Electricity production from renewable sources (kWh)5,429,000,000
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (kWh)707,000,000
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)4,722,000,000
Electricity production from oil sources (kWh)245,000,000
Formulas Electricity production = Electricity production from coal sources + Electricity production from natural gas sources + Electricity production from nuclear sources + Electricity production from renewable sources + Electricity production from oil sources

Electricity production from renewable sources = Electricity production from hydroelectric sources + Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric

YearElectric power consumption (kWh)
199013,239,000,000
199113,776,000,000
199214,607,000,000
199314,967,000,000
199415,622,000,000
199516,331,000,000
199617,416,000,000
199718,285,000,000
199819,312,000,000
199920,403,000,000
200022,055,000,000
200122,799,000,000
200223,732,000,000
200324,349,000,000
200425,107,000,000
200525,965,000,000
200627,142,000,000
200727,354,000,000
200828,466,000,000
200926,973,000,000
201026,959,000,000
YearElectric power consumption (kWh per capita)
19903,768
19913,898
19924,105
19934,185
19944,351
19954,525
19964,788
19974,977
19985,202
19995,434
20005,796
20015,897
20026,036
20036,093
20046,168
20056,242
20066,371
20076,278
20086,432
20096,049
20106,025
Electricity production (kWh)Electricity production is measured at the terminals of all alternator sets in a station. In addition to hydropower, coal, oil, gas, and nuclear power generation, it covers generation by geothermal, solar, wind, and tide and wave energy, as well as that from combustible renewables and waste. Production includes the output of electricity plants that are designed to produce electricity only as well as that of combined heat and power plants.
Electricity production from coal sources (kWh)Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.
Electricity production from natural gas sources (kWh)Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Gas refers to natural gas but excludes natural gas liquids.
Electricity production from nuclear sources (kWh)Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Nuclear power refers to electricity produced by nuclear power plants.
Electricity production from renewable sources (kWh)Electricity production from renewable sources includes hydropower, geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.
Electricity production from oil sources (kWh)Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Oil refers to crude oil and petroleum products.
Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (kWh)Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Hydropower refers to electricity produced by hydroelectric power plants.
Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric (kWh)Electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric, includes geothermal, solar, tides, wind, biomass, and biofuels.
Electric power consumption (kWh)Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita)Electric power consumption measures the production of power plants and combined heat and power plants less transmission, distribution, and transformation losses and own use by heat and power plants.
Data Source: Worldbank, World Development Indicators