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Electricity generation

The table below shows electricity generation for the last three months and year to date (YTD) for production and imports. Also shown are the percentage change in generation in the last month, 3 months and year to date compared with year-to-date last year

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-Last 3 Months (GWh)YTD GWh% Change in Dec and Year to Date 2023
Electricity Generation Oct-23 Nov-23 Dec-23 Jan - Dec YTD 1 month 3 month Jan - Dec YTD
Conventional Thermal 1358 1352 1124 16770 -16.88% -17.27% -16.23%
Coal 93 106 111 1216 4.61% 18.68% -51.73%
Co-fired Peat & Biomass 40 39 32 417 -17.33% -19.51% -35.79%
Oil 21 11 5 118 -52.50% -75.07% -83.65%
Natural Gas 1132 1133 903 14247 -20.23% -20.21% -7.26%
Other Renewables 14 14 14 164 4.99% 1.79% 0.82%
Wastes 57 49 57 594 15.67% -0.23% 0.50%
Other (CHP etc) 1 1 1 14 10.51% 2.19% -7.69%
Non-Combustible Renewable Generation 973 1272 1670 12948 31.27% 71.66% 9.22%
Hydro 101 115 122 932 6.27% 20.43% 34.34%
Wind 837 1137 1537 11605 35.21% 83.69% 4.10%
Solar 34 20 10 411 -49.35% -70.33% 3028.84%
Indigenous Generation 2331 2624 2793 29719 6.46% 19.84% -6.77%
Net imports 474 297 243 3275 -18.30% -48.79% -
Imports 480 329 287 3721 -12.52% -40.17% 135.27%
Exports -7 -32 -45 -446 41.75% 565.81% -66.43%
Total Generation 2804 2921 3036 32994 3.94% 8.25% 2.69%
Pumped Hydro Storage -15 -14 -19 -174 32.52% 24.82% -2.82%
Pumping -45 -44 -44 -473 1.65% -1.92% 10.73%
Generated 30 29 25 299 -13.66% -15.68% 20.53%
Total Generated Less Pumped Hydro Storage Losses 2789 2906 3017 32819 3.80% 8.16% 2.73%

Electricity generation including net imports

Total Electricity Generation,2023,2022
Jan,3011,2938
Feb,2666,2702
Mar,2971,2851
Apr,2677,2613
May,2618,2565
Jun,2496,2451
Jul,2582,2518
Aug,2607,2536
Sep,2606,2485
Oct,2804,2674
Nov,2921,2788
Dec,3036,3006
Source: SEAI & Eirgrid

Generation by fuel type - 2023

,Coal,Co-fired Peat & Biomass,Oil,Natural Gas,Other Renewables,Wastes,Hydro,Wind
January,147.1,38.9,10.6,1237.9,13.1,53.3,120.8,1211.1
February,81.3,40.2,50.3,1154.7,12.8,38.2,54.9,1105.6
March,125.7,56.8,15.6,1293.4,13.7,47.4,81.5,1122.6
April,88.6,51.0,0.6,1201.1,14.1,46.9,85.6,933.6
May,82.7,57.3,0.1,1421.5,14.2,55.5,40.2,564.3
June,99.6,53.8,3.1,1358.2,13.5,43.8,7.3,538.1
July,86.1,0.0,0.2,1158.5,14.0,37.1,59.9,877.2
August,75.7,0.0,0.5,1134.1,13.4,56.8,89.0,888.0
September,119.8,8.2,0.3,1119.4,12.8,52.5,55.3,853.2
October,93.3,40.1,20.6,1132.3,14.1,56.7,101.2,837.0
November,105.8,39.0,10.8,1132.5,13.6,48.9,114.7,1137.1
December,110.7,32.2,5.1,903.5,14.3,56.5,121.9,1537.5
Source: SEAI & EirGrid

Generation by fuel type - 2022

,Coal,Co-fired Peat & Biomass,Oil,Natural Gas,Other Renewables,Wastes,Hydro,Wind
January,301.1,69.2,130,1284.9,14,51.1,94,941.7
February,243.2,56.4,7.3,785.8,12.1,46.2,96.9,1508.3
March,279,62.9,183.5,1130.5,14.3,52.8,88.2,928.5
April,157.7,49.6,59.9,1292.8,13.5,50.1,31.8,838.9
May,125.9,57.6,42.8,1334.3,18.5,53.2,20.7,868.2
June,128.2,63.9,40.9,1391.4,17.6,26.7,14.2,737.3
July,291.9,14.7,11,1556.1,19,56.7,17.4,526.9
August,256.1,46.9,28.9,1637,18.5,53.8,6,519.8
September,284.6,65.5,35.9,1347.1,17.9,54.3,23.8,647.7
October,108.8,53.4,56.7,1096.3,17,46.7,97,1290.5
November,109.2,55.6,33.5,1175,17.8,50.7,124.4,1375.2
December,226.4,56.0,93.5,1404.2,18.9,51.4,85.8,1041.1
Source: SEAI & EirGrid