Energy in Ireland describes energy

World energy resources and consumption

]World energy consumption in 2010: over 5% growthEnergy markets have combined crisis recovery and strong industry dynamism. Energy consumption in the G20 soared by more than 5% in 2010, after the slight decrease of 2009. This strong increase is the result of two converging trends...

 and electricity

Electricity generation

Electricity generation is the process of generating electric energy from other forms of energy.The fundamental principles of electricity generation were discovered during the 1820s and early 1830s by the British scientist Michael Faraday...

 production, consumption and import in the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

. Energy policy of Ireland will describe the politics of the Republic of Ireland

Politics of the Republic of Ireland

Ireland is a parliamentary, representative democratic republic and a member state of the European Union. While the head of state is the popularly elected President of Ireland, this is a largely ceremonial position with real political power being vested in the indirectly elected Taoiseach who is...

 related to energy more in detail. Electricity sector in Ireland is the main article of electricity in Ireland.

This article concerns the Republic of Ireland (Ireland).

Ireland is net energy importer. Primary energy use in Ireland was 167 TWh and 37 TWh per million persons in 2009.

Overview

Energy in Ireland
	Capita	Prim. energy	Production	Export	Electricity	CO2-emission
	Million	TWh	TWh	TWh	TWh	Mt
2004	4.06	177	22	162	25.1	41.4
2007	4.36	175	16	165	27.3	44.1
2008	4.44	174	18	167	27.9	43.8
2009	4.47	167	18	154	26.9	39.5
Change 2004-2009	10.1 %	-5.7 %	-19.5 %	-5.0 %	7.2 %	-4.7 %
Mtoe = 11.63 TWh, Prim. energy includes energy losses

Natural gas

Natural gas fields in Ireland Include Corrib gas project and Kinsale Head gas field

Kinsale Head gas field

The Kinsale Head gas field is an offshore natural gas field off the southern coast of Ireland discovered in 1973 near Old Head of Kinsale, in the Celtic Sea and met Ireland's gas need until 1996...

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Wind power

Wind power in the Republic of Ireland

Wind power in the Republic of Ireland

As of 2011, the Republic of Ireland has an installed wind power capacity of 1,428 megawatts. It is more than three times the total of 495.2 megawatts in 2005. In 2008 alone, the rate of growth was 54.6%, amongst the highest in the world. On July 31, 2009, the output from the country's...

 is one of the major electricity sources. In the end of 2010 wind power capacity was 1,428 MW. In 2010 the wind power capacity was 320 W/person when the European Union

Wind power in the European Union

According to the European Wind Energy Association report of February 2011, there are over 12,000 wind turbines in Europe with a total capacity of 84 GW. The European Union accounts for over 98% of that total. In 2010, €12.7 billion was invested in EU wind farms and 9.3 GW of new power capacity was...

average was 169 W/person.