Paula Butterly (Louth, Fine Gael)
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135. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of electricity generated by wind farms in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30238/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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Ireland has made considerable progress in decarbonising our electricity sector over the last decade, largely due to the construction of renewable generation sources and their successful integration onto the electricity grid.

Ireland has over 7GW of renewable generation capacity. Wind, particularly onshore, remains our largest source of renewable electricity with over 5GW now installed. Solar generation is rapidly growing with over 1.5GW now installed, which is an significant increase on the previous year. Solar generation is highly complementary to wind generation and increased solar capacity will help Ireland to generate clean electricity all year round.

Data obtained from the published EirGrid System and Renewable Data Summary Report details the total wind generation and how that compares to demand. Please see below data for the last 5 years: