Wind is quietly powering Ireland’s green future

Your editorial (“Changing EU policy on wind farms”, October 22) presents a case on wind farms that is an inaccurate and misleading account of Ireland’s current energy landscape which risks creating false perceptions of our future energy requirements.

In truth, wind energy is delivering. Last weekend alone, 50% of Irish electricity demand was met from wind power as the renewable energy source hit a record output peak of 1,784MW.

Its supports in Ireland are significantly lower than those in other EU member states and, according to the European Commission, Ireland is in an almost unique situation where “the benefits for electricity consumers in terms of reduction in whole-sale prices outweigh the costs of subsidies.”