Ireland - Electricity production from coal sources
Electricity production from coal sources (% of total)
Electricity production from coal sources (% of total) in Ireland was 17.35 as of 2015. Its highest value over the past 55 years was 58.76 in 1989, while its lowest value was 12.62 in 2010.
Definition: Sources of electricity refer to the inputs used to generate electricity. Coal refers to all coal and brown coal, both primary (including hard coal and lignite-brown coal) and derived fuels (including patent fuel, coke oven coke, gas coke, coke oven gas, and blast furnace gas). Peat is also included in this category.
Source: IEA Statistics © OECD/IEA 2014 (http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp), subject to https://www.iea.org/t&c/termsandconditions/
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 53.32 |
| 1961 | 48.47 |
| 1962 | 45.16 |
| 1963 | 39.97 |
| 1964 | 33.55 |
| 1965 | 29.04 |
| 1966 | 28.16 |
| 1967 | 27.91 |
| 1968 | 37.14 |
| 1969 | 39.24 |
| 1970 | 32.36 |
| 1971 | 29.74 |
| 1972 | 25.97 |
| 1973 | 24.92 |
| 1974 | 24.09 |
| 1975 | 25.29 |
| 1976 | 27.35 |
| 1977 | 24.98 |
| 1978 | 21.13 |
| 1979 | 17.11 |
| 1980 | 16.40 |
| 1981 | 15.41 |
| 1982 | 16.89 |
| 1983 | 17.90 |
| 1984 | 20.23 |
| 1985 | 21.50 |
| 1986 | 26.35 |
| 1987 | 55.01 |
| 1988 | 58.36 |
| 1989 | 58.76 |
| 1990 | 41.59 |
| 1991 | 39.20 |
| 1992 | 42.19 |
| 1993 | 40.98 |
| 1994 | 39.72 |
| 1995 | 39.87 |
| 1996 | 36.96 |
| 1997 | 34.47 |
| 1998 | 32.28 |
| 1999 | 26.80 |
| 2000 | 28.80 |
| 2001 | 28.67 |
| 2002 | 27.46 |
| 2003 | 24.95 |
| 2004 | 24.70 |
| 2005 | 24.93 |
| 2006 | 21.70 |
| 2007 | 19.75 |
| 2008 | 17.20 |
| 2009 | 14.33 |
| 2010 | 12.62 |
| 2011 | 14.52 |
| 2012 | 18.51 |
| 2013 | 16.75 |
| 2014 | 15.33 |
| 2015 | 17.35 |
Classification
Topic: Environment Indicators
Sub-Topic: Energy production & use