Overall, last month saw record amounts of renewable energy generated for the time of year – 34% of which came from wind farms, according to EirGrid.
Wind farms in Wexford include Carnsore Wind Farm and Richfield Wind Farm, both located on the south-east coast, and Ballywater Wind Farm on the east coast.
Wexford currently has 17 windfarms generating a capacity of 178.86MW of electricity. The largest is Ballywater wind farm with a 31.50MW capacity.
Carnsore wind farm uses fourteen wind turbines which have the total capacity to generate a maximum of 11,900kW of renewable energy. These green energy supplies can power an average of 10,000 homes and save over 30,000 tonnes of CO2 annually.
40% of all electricity used in August came from renewables energy sources.
