EnergyCloud’s Monthly Analysis of Renewable Energy Lost and the Missed Opportunity to Lift Households Out of Energy Poverty

EnergyCloud, the Irish charity focused on energy poverty, has published the first of its monthly Wasted Clean Energy Reports.  This is a monthly analysis of renewable energy lost and the missed opportunity to lift households out of energy poverty.
In January 2025 the Government published the Programme for Government and committed to use surplus renewable energy, that would otherwise be wasted, to help those in fuel poverty, ensuring that the whole community benefits.
Since this commitment over €414 million in renewable energy has been wasted, an equivalent of €1.3 million per day and enough renewable energy to have heated over 390 million tanks of hot water.
This waste is occurring during a cost-of-living crisis when, according to the ESRI, 550,000 homes are in energy poverty and at a time when over 300,000 homes are in electricity arrears.
Metric
Value
Source
Days since Programme for Government commitment to use surplus renewable energy to help those in fuel poverty
314
Programme for Government January 2025
Renewable energy wasted (kWh)
1,169 GWh
EirGrid to 31 October
Approx. retail value of wasted energy (€)
€414 million
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
Equivalent tanks of hot water heated
390 million
EnergyCloud average 3 kWh/tank
Average waste per day (€)
€1,318,000
Calculated

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Ronan Leonard

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