Ireland's electricity generation rose from 18.9 in 1996 to 31.0 in 2025.
Ireland's primary energy consumption rose from 133.6 in 1995 to 181.8 in 2024.
Ireland · Energy
Generation, consumption, mix, dependence and intensity.
26 indicators · 26 with data
Ireland's electricity consumption per capita rose from 5,186.2 kWh in 1996 to 5,830.8 kWh in 2025.
Ireland's solar electricity generation rose from 0 in 1996 to 1.5 in 2025.
Ireland's wind electricity generation rose from 0.0 in 1996 to 11.8 in 2025.
Ireland's hydropower electricity generation fell from 0.7 in 1996 to 0.7 in 2025.
Ireland's nuclear electricity generation was 0 in 1996 and 0 in 2025.
Ireland's energy use per capita fell from 37,006.9 kWh in 1995 to 34,594 kWh in 2024.
Ireland's renewable energy rose from 2.4 % in 2004 to 17.2 % in 2025.
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- Renewable electricityup +1.6 pts37th of 90
- Fossil fuel electricity sharedown −1.6 pts47th of 90
- Low-carbon electricity shareup +1.6 pts47th of 90
- Hydropower electricity sharedown −0.4 pts67th of 89
- Nuclear electricity shareunchanged +0.0 pts31st of 81
- Solar electricity shareup +1.2 pts54th of 90
- Wind electricity shareup +0.7 pts4th of 88
- Coal electricity sharedown −1.5 pts37th of 89
- Gas electricity sharedown −0.2 pts21st of 87
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- Energy importsdown −0.2 pts6th of 64
- Net electricity imports (% of demand)up +3.8 pts13th of 90
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- Energy intensity of GDPdown −3.2 %29th of 165
- Carbon intensity of electricitydown −5.3 %37th of 90
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- Access to electricity (% of population)unchanged +0.0 pts1st of 215
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- Oil productionunchanged +0.0100th of 204*
- Gas productionup +2224.9 %57th of 204*
- Coal productionunchanged +0.066th of 204*