According to Irish Grid operator Eirgrid, a new record for solar generation in Ireland became a new record in March.
On March 25, the solar energy in the Republic of Ireland Ireland delivered 750 MW in a phase of the day-more than 18 MW more than the previous record for Irish Solar, which was completed in July 2024. In general, March saw the second highest amount of solar energy-electricity produced in a calendar month.
In addition, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) on the Irish Grid Network also set their own records. On March 14, 300 MW of electricity was dismissed from BESS installations on Grids scale, a new record. According to Eirgrid, this 300 MW output is larger than the maximum output of the Turlough Hill Hydropower facility near Dublin.
In general, renewable energy supplied 39% of the electricity needs of the Republic of Ireland in March. Wind food supplied around a third of the land of the country, while gas was the largest electricity source with 39%. About 18% of the demand was paid by the import of electricity through interconnection, while Solar delivered around 2.8%. The overall demand for the system was 3,061 GWH in March.
When reported by our sister site, Power ±“ The Irish sector renewable energy has gone into force in recent months and years. February 2025, more than half of the electricity needs of Ireland saw that were satisfied by renewable current, the majority of which came. Wind capacity alone produced about 48% of the demand in February, while solar energy was about 1.3% of the demand.
Ireland added more than 400 MW on ground on ground -mounted solar capacity in 2024, as a result of which the nation has a milestone of having more than 1 GW of operational capacity installed. According to analysis of Solar Media Market Research, Ireland is on schedule for the most successful year for solar energy so far in 2025, with one year-on-annual capacity additives that predicted with more than 100%.
Currently, the Irish grid system can support up to 75% of its electricity from renewable sources at the same time, a figure known as the limit of the Non-Synchrone Penetration system (SNSP). Eirgrid is currently working on increasing the SPSP limit to ensure that Ireland can touch its goal of having 80% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.
Charlie McGee, System Operational Manager at Eirgrid, called March “A Landmark Month” for solar energy on the electricity grid. McGee added that the new peak in Bess delivery was “encouraging” and added that this, combined with records for generating wind energy in February, proves the need for battery storage on the Irish Grid Network.
