northern ireland

As a country, Northern Ireland (NI) has reached significant milestones in the renewable energy sector, which remain unprecedented for its neighbouring nations.

Wind Energy Ireland, with the help of energy specialists Baringa, has reported that Northern Irish wind farms saved a total of £243 million in 2023.

A report by the Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency has revealed that 47.4% of the nation's electricity consumption was provided by renewables between October 2022 and September 2023.

New research conducted by Cornwall Insight has indicated that power prices in Ireland will increase to three-times the pre-2021 average in 2024.

From July 2022 to June 2023, 45.5% of total electricity consumption in Northern Ireland was generated from renewable sources.

Octopus Investments has announced it is investing £50 million in the Northern Ireland-based electric vehicle (EV) chargepoint operator Weev.

A transmission licence application has been made for a 700MW Northern Ireland-Scotland interconnector project.

The UK government has today (27 February) announced a new online portal that will allow Northern Ireland households without a direct relationship to a domestic electricity supplier to apply for a £600 lump sum towards their energy bills as part of the government’s Energy Bills Support Scheme Alternative Funding (EBSS AF).

The Analysis, Statistics and Research Branch (ASRB) of the Department for Infrastructure (Dfl) has published its report assessing the attitudes towards electric vehicles (EVs) in Northern Ireland.

RenewableUK has confirmed that across the entirety of 2022, only two small onshore wind turbines had been developed across England despite “record-breaking” year for offshore wind.