Ireland's electricity generated from renewable energy up 66 pct in 5 yrs


DUBLIN, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The amount of electricity generated from renewable energy sources in Ireland has increased by 66 percent in a five-year time, said the country's Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Tuesday.

In 2020, Ireland generated 5,077.3 megawatts of electricity from renewable energy sources, up 65.76 percent when compared with 3,063 megawatts of electricity produced from the same sources in 2015, said the CSO.

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