The all-time record for wind generation has been broken, EirGrid has confirmed.

Wind generation peaked at 2,815 megawatts (MW) on the island at 7.15am on Wednesday, 11 January, breaking the previous record of 2,683 MW on 28 January last year.

Robin McCormick, Director of Operations, Planning and Innvovation, at EirGrid, said: "Dealing with wind generation of this scale on a small, island electricity grid hasn't been done anywhere else in the world and so this is a huge achievement for EirGrid.

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"We've been working hard towards making this happen, analysing data and using all of our expertise to harness ever increasing amounts of wind. We will continue to optimise the electricity system in the hope that we can continue this trend, which is ultimately about reducing the cost of electricity for the consumer."

(CD/JP)