The Emerald Isle is greener than its reputation holds, as it turns out, since more than half of electricity on some days is generated by renewable energy.

Though it's common to have all four seasons in a single day in Ireland, one can pretty much bet on the wind, which generated an all-time high for contribution to the Irish power grid with 4.62 gigawatts on Wednesday last week.

By midnight, 71% of all the day's electricity needs were met with wind power.

In 2022, HeatMap reports that Ireland was third in the world for energy generated from wind. The Green Collective, which provides insights into the Irish energy grid, reports that the previous record was around 4.56, and was generated last year.

Wind generation has been falling since about 6pm so we're calling it: the new all-time, all-island high for wind output on the Irish grid is 4629MW, seen at 4pm this afternoon 🥳

Wind generation so far today equivalent to 73% of electricity demand - full report tomorrow!

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— Irish Energy Bot (@IrishEnergyBot) December 6, 2023

Wind generation has been falling since about 6pm so we're calling it: the new all-time, all-island high for wind output on the Irish grid is 4629MW, seen at 4pm this afternoon 🥳Wind generation so far today equivalent to 73% of electricity demand - full report tomorrow!🏅🍃🚨 pic.twitter.com/5RaIhuSll2

About 10%, it writes, of the generated wind power was actually exported to Britain.

Wind energy is a big industry for the gusty nations of Northern Europe like Denmark, Norway, Lithuania, and Ireland, but is also highly developed in Uruguay, which is the second-highest producer of wind energy.

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