Ireland has just closed its last coal power plant, becoming the 15th coal free country in Europe.

[extinctionr@social.rebellion.global]

Ireland has just closed its last coal power plant, becoming the 15th coal free country in Europe. This is mostly due to an increase in wind power.
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/06/20/ireland-coal-free-ends-coal-power-generation-moneypoint/

[collectifission@greennuclear.online]

@ExtinctionR In fact, if I'm reading the data correctly, it seems they phased out that last 500 GWh, compared to the winter of 2024-25, by importing that amount from the UK.

The UK did see an increase of 3 TWh last year for wind and 5 TWh for solar, but still had to import itself from nuclear France in the order of 30 TWh for 2025.

I can't pinpoint this closure, which is mostly symbolic at this point, to a rise in wind. Meanwhile, their fossil gas use didn't change much at all and still amounted to almost 15 TWh in 2025, half of the total electricity consumption.

Source: https://www.energy-charts.info/
Source: https://ourworldindata.org/profile/energy/united-kingdom
Source: https://ourworldindata.org/profile/energy/ireland