Based on Wind Energy Ireland's figures, 656 gigawatt-hours of power were generated in July.

With 80 GWh of electricity produced by wind farms, Cork produced the highest, closely followed by Kerry with 66 GWh and Galway with 55 GWh.

The top three counties together supplied about one-third of Ireland's wind energy in the previous month.

Nonetheless, the data indicates that wind energy's 22% proportion of demand last month was 11% lower than the record-breaking outcomes from the same month the previous year.

Seven percent of Ireland's electricity came from solar and other renewable sources.

In July, Ireland's average wholesale price per megawatt-hour for electricity was €110.94, a marginal increase from €107.74 the month before.


The average cost of a megawatt-hour of energy dropped by 36% to €70.30 on days with the most wind generation, and increased to €129.95 on days when we used fossil fuels almost exclusively.

According to Justin Moran, Director of External Affairs at Wind Energy Ireland, "having an affordable, accessible, and reliable source of clean energy is vital for consumers to have confidence in our transition to a zero-carbon society."

"Irish wind farms provide power that pulls down the wholesale price of electricity by replacing imported fossil fuels.

"The more wind we can get on the system, the less we have to rely on expensive imported gas and the more we can do to help Irish households struggling with high energy costs," he stated.

The data indicates that 32% of Ireland's power came from wind farms in the first seven months of 2024.