Ireland Raises Bar for Electricity from Renewable Energy

According to figures released by Sustainable Energy Ireland’s (SEI) Energy Policy Statistical Support Unit, electricity generated from renewables contributed 6.8% to electricity supply in 2005, up from 5.2% in 2004. This was a 70% rise in electricity generated from wind and confirms the rapid growth wind energy since 2004.

Noel Dempsey, Ireland’s Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, just increased Ireland’s target for renewable energy generated electricity from 13.2% to 15% by 2010 in mid-June — a target that David Taylor, Chief Executive for SEI, finds “realistic and achievable.”
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