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Leading is not the same as replacing. See this figure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Ireland#/media/File:Energy_mix_of_Ireland.svg https://en.wikipedia
by otherme123 8mo ago
Leading is not the same as replacing. See this figure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Ireland#/media/File:Energy_mix_of_Ireland.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_in_Ireland#/media/File:...
In 2000, coal was about 20% of the energy mix, gas another 20%, oil about 50%. Wind was 0%. In 2024 coal was about 2%, gas still 20%, oil still 50%, but wind grew to about 15%. It seems that wind actually replaced coal. It is not only logical, but good, that wind first replaced coal (dirtiest), and maybe from now on is will start to replace oil. Only after many decades, or maybe never, gas will be replaced.
- rithdmc 8mo agoI'm not sure where that data comes from. Oil was only around 3% in 2024. https://www.seai.ie/data-and-insights/seai-statistics/electricity https://www.seai.ie/data-and-insights/seai-statistics/electr...
- messe 8mo agoPresumably it's also counting non-electricity energy generation. Road and rail transport still relies heavily on internal combustion engines.
- jerven 8mo agoPrimary energy compared to electricity as energy. The first adds energy used in driving, chemical industry etc. the second is just the amount of electricity generated.
- rithdmc 8mo agoGot it, thanks. So, not for grid electricity, as in this discussion.
- otherme123 8mo agoStill, in the second figure of your link, you can see how gas is more or less stable since the start in 2005, and coal + peat is being slowly replaced almost 1:1 by renewables, mainly wind as hydro is stable and solar is marginal in Ireland.
- rithdmc 8mo agoI don't see how that matters to ops comment, "Just in time for an energy crisis", implying a shift to oil from coal.
- adgjlsfhk1 8mo agoenergy vs electricity. oil is a much bigger part of the energy mix due to chemical manufacturing