Northern Ireland: number of renewable energy sites 2022

Solar photovoltaic had by far the highest number of sites generating electricity from renewable sources in Northern Ireland, with 26,085 sites in 2022. By comparison, there were 938 sites generating electricity from wind power.

Number of sites generating electricity from renewable sources in Northern Ireland between 2016 and 2022, by energy source

Characteristic	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Solar PV	18,435	22,832	24,100	45,724	23,665	24,317	26,085
Wind*	933	1,162	1,273	1,317	916	935	938
Other bioenergy**	81	121	148	161	166	175	176
Hydro	66	69	81	82	82	86	86
Landfill gas	16	20	17	15	15	15	15
Sewage gas	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Survey time period

2016 to 2022

Supplementary notes

* In the years recorded, Northern Ireland had no offshore wind sites.
This statistic is using original data from the Department for Energy Security Net Zero and includes copyright material licensed under © Crown, the Open Government License v3.0

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