Gas use for power generation up but Covid impact lingers

The impact of the pandemic continues to weigh on the hotel, leisure, and travel sectors with gas demand all well down on equivalent trends in December 2019

Wind power generated 43% of total monthly electricity demand last month, while coal generated 7% of electricity in the month.

Gas demand for power generation was up 8.7% year-on-year in December, but the impact of Covid-19 is still weighing heavily on some sectors of the economy, according to new figures released by Gas Networks Ireland (GNI).

Gas supplied up to 70% of electricity demand at times in December and never dropped below 29%, meeting 47% of total electricity demand for the month.