Electricity Consumption and Renewable Generation in Northern Ireland
A report detailing the percentage of electricity consumption in Northern Ireland generated from renewable sources has been published.
The ‘Electricity Consumption and Renewable Electricity Generation in Northern Ireland: Year ending December 2017’ report published on 7 June 2018 details the percentage of electricity consumption in Northern Ireland generated from renewable sources and includes information on the type of renewable generation used.
The report reflects performance against the 2011-15 Programme for Government target which was to “Encourage achievement of 20% of electricity consumption from renewable sources by 2015” and the Executive’s 2010-20 Strategic Energy Framework which includes a target to achieve 40% of electricity consumption from renewable sources by 2020.
Main results:
- For the 12 month period January 2017 to December 2017, 34.8% of total electricity consumption in Northern Ireland was generated from renewable sources located in Northern Ireland. This represents an increase of 9.4 percentage points on the previous 12 month period (January 2016 to December 2016) and is the highest rolling 12 month proportion on record.
- In terms of the volume of electricity consumption between January 2017 to December 2017, approximately 7,783 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of total electricity was consumed in Northern Ireland.Of this, some 2,710 GWh was generated from renewable sources within Northern Ireland.
- Of all renewable electricity generated within Northern Ireland over the 12 month period January 2017 to December 2017, 84.3% was generated from wind.This compares to 82.6% for the previous 12 month period (January 2016 to December 2016).