The latest figures show that wind power generation in July 2025 totalled 786 gigawatt-hours, with Cork wind farms knocking Kerry’s off the top spot for the first time since the beginning of this year.

Wind Energy Ireland estimates that, to achieve the 9,000 MW of onshore wind energy by 2030 target in the Climate Action Plan, An Bord Pleanála would have needed to approve 1,720 MW during this period.

The project involves landfall works at Killard on the Clare coast that lie close to US President elect Donald Trump’s golf resort at Doonbeg.

Coolglass Wind Farm Limited’s application for permission to build a 13-turbine wind farm in Co Laois was refused by An Bord Pleanála because it was to be located across townlands for which the Laois County Development Plan prohibits wind farm development.

Wind generation in Ireland was the highest on record for the month of August, according to Wind Energy Ireland (WEI), which today published its monthly wind energy report