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Northern Ireland green energy: have renewables only grown by 5% of total electricity consumption in eight years?
23 October 2024
CLAIM: NI currently gets about 45% of its electricity from renewable sources, with a target of 80% by 2030. In 2016, green sources supplied 40% of local electricity – meaning there has only been a five percentage point growth in eight years.
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During an Assembly debate on green growth on 17 September, MLAs from the Alliance Party and the DUP made identical claims about Northern Ireland’s renewable
