Just did a bike tour through Ireland and can confirm: is windy.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Wind power generation temporarily exceeded the total demand for electricity in Ireland for the first time ever this week.
Though Storm Agnes brought strong winds across the country, it isn’t unusual for it to reach this level.
What was unusual was the fact that it surpassed the demand on Ireland’s electricity grid throughout the entire island for the first time.
That meant that some of the energy was exported to Britain and Ireland had to meet the rest of the demand using fossil fuels.
In August, the amount of energy generated by wind increased by 71 per cent when compared to the same month last year.
The latest figures mean that in total, Irish wind farms provided 32 per cent of the country’s power over the first eight months of 2023.
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Currently, the country’s electricity grid is only permitted to have a maximum of 75 per cent renewables in its energy mix. That meant that some of the energy was exported to Britain and Ireland had to meet the rest of the demand using fossil fuels.
This limit has gone up over the years from 50 to 75 per cent since 2011 and is set to increase further to 95 per cent by 2030. It is in place because using entirely renewable power means changes have to be made to the country’s electricity grid.
Why do they have to burn fossil fuels? That’s fucking stupid
Im torn between giving an upvote for asking a question or giving a downvote for your following sentence given the answer was in the comment you were replying to.
Also, if you ask a question wouldn’t it be wise to wait for the answer before also passing judgement on something.
“Why is this like this? That’s fucking dumb.” Doesn’t quite work does it? How can it be dumb if you don’t know how it works. Why should we trust your assessment on its dumbness if you’ve already conceded you don’t know.
You’re such a removed for typing up 3 paragraphs to something that took me 3 seconds to type up in a passing thought ngl
And not even answering the question
If you want an answer to your question, spend your 3 seconds typing it into a search engine or AI.
I don’t morally dislike wind turbines but wow that’s ugly.
You don’t “morally” dislike wind turbines, but you went on the internet and took time to tell people that you believe they are “ugly”.
I mean fuck it, right? Roughly 250,000 deaths a year at present, guaranteed to grow, but you don’t like how it looks. How do you think coal powered power plants look? Oil refineries are also pretty easy on the eyes, yeah?
You feel very strongly it seems. Aren’t we trying to protect this planet? None of those turbines are even trying to use the anti bird strike paint to protect the native species.
I’ve been impacted by anime wind turbine pictures and think it is kinda pretty and optimist-futuristic. E: but the huger ones are prettier.
I wish I could feel this way.
