A graphic from the Farmer’s Journal showing the prevalence of wind farms in Irish counties.
G’wan the Cork and Donegal!
Wind Energy Blowing An Ill Wind (Farmer’s Journal, login required)
(Thanks Maura Fay)
Meanwhile…
MikeyFex sez:
“Here are the figures per county on Watt per Sq KM (top chart) and Watt per person (above).”
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There is no wind in Meath. FACT.
Are the 0.75MW in Dublin localised on Leinster House?
Someone was going to say it, so I got in first.
“Someone was going to say it”
I think you have this place confused with The Journal
Someone commenting on The Journal would have thought themselves intelligent by saying it. I was just making it sound ridiculous.
Excellent… it’s great to see this, and yes I would have one in my back yard.
Agreed. I really like them. Often when I’m on the M8 (is it?) I veer dangerously into the other lane as I try to get a look at the gabháil of ’em that are around the Cullohill area. I find them oddly fascinating.
Me too.
Stand up close to one for the whirr.
Antrim’s absence from the wind party is puzzling.
They really are just about one of the prettiest man-made things in the countryside.
Why don’t you apply to have one installed disconnect from the grid while you’re at it.
Suggest you drop your electricity consumption by 75% forthwith
I would but I’m a suave sophisticated urbanite with no room for a windmill.
You’re a drunk, Bacchus, a drunk.
Anyone know how much energy (roughly) a county like Donegal would use? Or what percentage of overall energy comes from Wind Turbines?
All ten people in Donegal when they’re not burning turf, only use electricity for AM radio. To listen to the angelus at 6pm. So not very much
Here’s real time data: http://ercrt.ucd.ie/
We’re at 36% right now
With the tail end of a hurricane on our doorstep.
The average is around 12%
Last I heard the average was 16.5%
http://www.iwea.com/windstatistics
But apparently it was 23% from December to July this year
http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/wind-energy-meets-target-of-supplying-50-of-electricity-needs-272263.html
Clare and Mayo could pull their wind socks up.
yes!!
At the risk of posting something useful here you can find the stats on – http://www.eirgrid.com/operations/systemperformancedata/windgeneration/ – the answer is about 35% at the moment.
Irish counties is it?
Somebody area-weight that please.
Wattage per Sq KM
Top 5.
Wexford (62610.9 W/km^2)
Tyrone
Limerick
Cavan
Donegal (57642.46W/km^2)
Wattage per Person
Top 5
Leitrim (2733.16W/person)
Donegal
Kerry
Fermanagh
Cavan (1552.8W/person)
The island of Ireland averages 26086.96W/km, that’s 241.48W/person.
(hey, it beats actual work)
What is the MW demand in each County, how much of the PSO levy for
each County goes to Wind Turbine operators as a subsidy, as to installed
wind turbine capacity, how much of it, is of no use when there is wind and and
no load demand in particular from midnight to early morning and then the
expense of running sprinning reserve or operating thermal generation stations
at reduced output when there is no wind or very high wind speeds…as in very
high wind speeds wind turbines have to be shut down.