From July 2023 to June 2024, nearly 45.8% of electricity consumed in Northern Ireland was generated from renewable sources.
This is a slight increase of 0.3 percentage points from the previous year.
During this period, Northern Ireland consumed 7,244 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity – of this, 3,319 GWh was produced from renewable sources within the region.
Wind energy contributed 82.3% of the renewable electricity, down slightly from 83.2% in the previous year.
Non-wind renewables, such as biogas and solar power, made up the remaining 17.7%.
Electricity consumption in Northern Ireland has decreased by 11.2% over the past decade, while renewable energy generation has more than doubled.
The volume of non-wind renewable generation has remained stable, with 588GWh reported for the year ending June 2024.
