How is this practically useful for the Irish people? Most expensive energy in the EU already, planet won’t get any greener or better because of this because polluters like the US and China our increase their emission … so is this any relevant or just provides a few with moral high ground?
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And yet prices continue to go up
qwerty_1965 on
In 2025 more electricity was generated from renewables than carbon sources in the EU area. Obviously that is only part of all power consumption but nonetheless a milestone.
Could easily be 90%+ which would do a couple of things. Reduce the country’s reliance on gas and oil. Also, increase jobs in green industries. The government just need to bite the bullet and go flat out on investment on renewables. It would also provide more electricity for data centres and take that risk away.
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To head off the misery comments: [Renewables cut electricity production costs by €1.5bn last year – report](https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0224/1560047-renewables-report/)
How is this practically useful for the Irish people? Most expensive energy in the EU already, planet won’t get any greener or better because of this because polluters like the US and China our increase their emission … so is this any relevant or just provides a few with moral high ground?
And yet prices continue to go up
In 2025 more electricity was generated from renewables than carbon sources in the EU area. Obviously that is only part of all power consumption but nonetheless a milestone.
https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/in-2025-solar-and-wind-produced-more-electricity-than-fossil-fuels-in-the-european-union
Could easily be 90%+ which would do a couple of things. Reduce the country’s reliance on gas and oil. Also, increase jobs in green industries. The government just need to bite the bullet and go flat out on investment on renewables. It would also provide more electricity for data centres and take that risk away.