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For what we think is the first time, batteries contributed more MW-age to last Tuesday evening's peak demand than Turlough Hill: 196MW vs. 181MW. This and other insights into the Irish grid in our October newsletter, now available. 🔋⛰️

October's nearly over already which means the next edition of our monthly newsletter, Currents, is just around the corner. Subscribe now and stay informed on Ireland's progress towards a greener, more sustainable electrical grid. Link in bio!

We're hard at work compiling our summer review: everything new and notable on the Irish grid over the past few months, with a special focus on solar generation. Yes, including domestic solar! 🏘️☀️ Newsletter subscribers can read it first; check out our 1st issue (link in bio) 📰

Last month saw the second highest amount of renewable generation and the second lowest amount of fossil fuel generation for a September month in Ireland. More details on this and other Irish grid news on our website and in our brand new newsletter. Links are in our profile 🔗

Still crunching the numbers but Eirgrid has published figures for August and it looks like our prediction was right: all-island solar output exceeded 700MW for the first time on Friday 30 and on Saturday 31 a new record was set: 719MW, or 17.2% of demand at the time 🥇☀️

Record high renewables, record low fossil fuels for August - and a surprise all-time record for battery storage. It was a great month for renewables on the Irish grid. Full report now on our website! ☀️🔋🍃

A silver medal for Irish solar in July: while a recent run of records looks to have ended, grid-scale solar generation equalled at least 3.5% of the month's all-island demand. That's the second-highest monthly figure ever ☀️🥈 Full July review on our website!

Renewable generation of >8.3TWh in the first half of 2024 was equal to ~41% of all-island electricity demand. Solar accounts for ~355GWh of this year's total so far; that plus strong wind generation puts 2024 noticeably ahead of past years, as the chart below makes clear.

Meath remains the clear leader in Irish solar but Cork and Wexford solar farms have roughly doubled their output over the past 12 months. Together, they're now at ~80% that of Meath solar generation ☀️☀️☀️ This and other insights in our June report. greencollective.io/post/june…

Irish solar output exceeded 620MW at 3.30pm on Sunday June 23, a new high. This was almost 17% of all-island demand at the time! Breaking down each county's contribution that day: - Antrim ~10% - Meath and Kildare ~50% - Cork and Wexford ~40% ☀️🗺️🔍

How did we do? SEMO's daily meter report peaked at ~400MW while our estimate peaked at ~375MW. However, we'll be adjusting our estimates to account for how SEMO reports only solar farms >=10MW: a ~10-15% adjustment. So...it's promising 🎯