How Ireland can lead the clean energy transition

This year has been a big one for Ireland’s clean energy transition. In August, wind generation in Ireland was the highest on record, according to Wind Energy Ireland. Wind power generation in that month was up 3 per cent compared to August 2023.

In September, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) published its mid-year retrofit report for 2024. It details how 25,750 home energy upgrades were supported through government-funded grant schemes in the year’s first half, an 18 per cent increase compared to the same period last year.

EY named Ireland the fifth most attractive country in the world to invest in renewable energy projects in its Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index, and 2023 marked the lowest overall emissions in 33 years, according to