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08/02/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/02/2024 04:11

Networked Gas Daily Supply and Demand May 2024

Indigenous Gas Production was 11% lower in May 2024 compared with May 2023

Online ISSN: 2990-8299
CSO statistical publication, 02 August 2024, 11am

Key Findings

  • Natural Gas Imports were 3% higher in May 2024 compared with May 2023. Indigenous Production was 11% lower in May 2024 compared with May 2023 (See Tables 1B, 1C, and Figure 1).

  • Gas Imports represented 78% of total metered supply in May 2024 with Indigenous Production from the Corrib gas field and biomethane plants accounting for the remaining 22% (See Tables 1A, 1B, 1C, and Figure 1).

  • Total metered gas demand in May 2024 was 4,450 gigawatt hours (GWh), which was 0.5% lower than the May 2023 figure of 4,470 GWh (See Table 2A).

  • Comparing May 2024 with May 2023, natural gas demand by customer category showed the following trends: Non-Daily Metered (+15%); Power Plants (-2%); Large Daily Metered (-2%); and Daily Metered (+0.2%) (See Tables 2B to 2E).

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (02 August 2024) published Networked Gas Daily Supply and Demand May 2024.

Commenting on the release, Deirdre Moran, Statistician in the Climate and Energy Division, said: "Total metered gas demand in May 2024 was 4,450 gigawatt hours (GWh), which was 0.5% lower than the May 2023 figure of 4,470 GWh (See Table 2A).

In May 2024, Power Plants accounted for 71% of total gas demand, down from 72% of total demand in May 2023. Non-Daily Metered represented 12% of total gas demand, up from 10% of total demand in May 2023 (See Tables 2A, 2B, 2C, and Figure 2).

Natural Gas Imports were 3% higher in May 2024 compared with May 2023. Indigenous Production was 11% lower in May 2024 compared with May 2023 (See Tables 1B, 1C, and Figure 1).

Total networked gas supply in May 2024 was 4,450 gigawatt hours (GWh). The May supply figure was 3% higher than the April 2024 figure of 4,326 GWh (See Table 1A).

Networked gas demand for May 2024 was lowest on 25 May 2024 with daily demand of 104 GWh and was highest on 07 May 2024 with daily demand of 177 GWh (See Table 4A).

The three days with the highest maximum daily air temperature at Dublin Airport were on 10-12 May, which may have been a factor in the Non-Daily Metered customers having their two consecutive days of lowest daily gas demand on 11-12 May 2024 (See Table 4C and Table 5).

In May 2024, there were five days with a daily mean wind speed of higher than 10 Knots at Dublin Airport, while May 2023 had one day. Higher wind speeds typically reduce the demand for gas by power plants because a higher proportion of metered electricity is wind generated (See Table 6)."

Editor's Note

This release includes information on the maximum daily air temperatures at Dublin Airport (See Table 5) and daily mean wind speed at Dublin Airport (See Table 6). Low maximum daily air temperatures in winter usually increases the demand for household heating. The amount of wind can influence the balance between electricity generated from natural gas and wind turbines.

Gas Supply Trends

Gas Imports represented 78% of total metered supply in May 2024 with Indigenous Production from the Corrib gas field and biomethane plants accounting for the remaining 22% (See Tables 1A, 1B, 1C, and Figure 1).

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Created with Highcharts 9.3.3Chart context menuSource: CSO IrelandJanuary 2018June 2018November 2018April 2019September 2019February 2020July 2020December 2020May 2021October 2021March 2022August 2022January 2023June 2023November 2023April 2024Highcharts.comFigure 1: Monthly Networked Gas Supply from Indigenous Production and Imports January 2018-May 2024
Imports
Monthly Indigenous Production
02k4k6k
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
X-axis label Imports Monthly Indigenous Production
January 2018 1381 3503
February 2018 1619 3084
March 2018 1971 3300
April 2018 1674 2910
May 2018 1646 2969
June 2018 1606 3038
July 2018 1680 2997
August 2018 1424 2911
September 2018 1673 2344
October 2018 2128 2884
November 2018 2443 2668
December 2018 2277 2695
January 2019 2719 2712
February 2019 2007 2360
March 2019 2583 2597
April 2019 2684 2427
May 2019 2678 2472
June 2019 2262 2330
July 2019 2328 2342
August 2019 1637 2329
September 2019 2337 1714
October 2019 2909 1950
November 2019 3291 2186
December 2019 2933 2214
January 2020 3247 2132
February 2020 3028 1919
March 2020 3168 2045
April 2020 2631 1936
May 2020 2822 1822
June 2020 2602 1815
July 2020 2809 1776
August 2020 2913 1727
September 2020 3255 1268
October 2020 3012 1549
November 2020 3340 1562
December 2020 3852 1621
January 2021 4361 1494
February 2021 3191 1453
March 2021 3706 1581
April 2021 3355 1503
May 2021 2826 1335
June 2021 2737 1253
July 2021 3882 306
August 2021 2785 1431
September 2021 2532 1434
October 2021 2702 1407
November 2021 3498 1394
December 2021 3534 1412
January 2022 4132 1406
February 2022 3062 1202
March 2022 3607 1350
April 2022 3583 1288
May 2022 3286 1265
June 2022 3190 1225
July 2022 3520 1102
August 2022 3484 1234
September 2022 3032 1186
October 2022 2809 1220
November 2022 3391 1168
December 2022 4412 1178
January 2023 4010 1144
February 2023 3554 1024
March 2023 4067 1124
April 2023 3410 1054
May 2023 3362 1109
June 2023 2985 1050
July 2023 3251 543
August 2023 2994 737
September 2023 2659 1030
October 2023 3119 1053
November 2023 3658 1001
December 2023 3286 1023
January 2024 4587 969
February 2024 3517 901
March 2024 3663 997
April 2024 3354 972
May 2024 3462 988
Table 1A Total Metered Natural Gas Supply by Month and Year 2018-2024
Table 1A Total Metered Natural Gas Supply by Month and Year 2018-2024
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
January 4,884 5,431 5,380 5,855 5,538 5,154 5,555
February 4,703 4,367 4,947 4,644 4,264 4,578 4,419
March 5,271 5,181 5,212 5,287 4,958 5,191 4,660
April 4,584 5,111 4,567 4,858 4,871 4,464 4,326
May 4,615 5,150 4,643 4,161 4,550 4,470 4,450
June 4,644 4,592 4,417 3,991 4,415 4,035
July 4,677 4,670 4,584 4,188 4,622 3,794
August 4,335 3,966 4,640 4,216 4,719 3,731
September 4,017 4,052 4,523 3,965 4,217 3,690
October 5,012 4,858 4,562 4,109 4,029 4,172
November 5,112 5,478 4,903 4,891 4,559 4,659
December 4,972 5,147 5,472 4,946 5,590 4,309
Year 56,824 58,003 57,851 55,111 56,331 52,247 23,410

Table 1B Metered Natural Gas Supply from Indigenous Production by Month and Year 2018-2024
Table 1B Metered Natural Gas Supply from Indigenous Production by Month and Year 2018-2024
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
January 3,503 2,712 2,132 1,494 1,406 1,144 969
February 3,084 2,360 1,919 1,453 1,202 1,024 901
March 3,300 2,597 2,045 1,581 1,350 1,124 997
April 2,910 2,427 1,936 1,503 1,288 1,054 972
May 2,969 2,472 1,822 1,335 1,265 1,109 988
June 3,038 2,330 1,815 1,253 1,225 1,050
July 2,997 2,342 1,776 306 1,102 543
August 2,911 2,329 1,727 1,431 1,234 737
September 2,344 1,714 1,268 1,434 1,186 1,030
October 2,884 1,950 1,549 1,407 1,220 1,053
November 2,668 2,186 1,562 1,394 1,168 1,001
December 2,695 2,214 1,621 1,412 1,178 1,023
Year 35,302 27,633 21,172 16,004 14,824 11,894 4,827

Table 1C Metered Natural Gas Supply from Imports by Month and Year 2018-2024
Table 1C Metered Natural Gas Supply from Imports by Month and Year 2018-2024
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
January 1,381 2,719 3,247 4,361 4,132 4,010 4,587
February 1,619 2,007 3,028 3,191 3,062 3,554 3,517
March 1,971 2,583 3,168 3,706 3,607 4,067 3,663
April 1,674 2,684 2,631 3,355 3,583 3,410 3,354
May 1,646 2,678 2,822 2,826 3,286 3,362 3,462
June 1,606 2,262 2,602 2,737 3,190 2,985
July 1,680 2,328 2,809 3,882 3,520 3,251
August 1,424 1,637 2,913 2,785 3,484 2,994
September 1,673 2,337 3,255 2,532 3,032 2,659
October 2,128 2,909 3,012 2,702 2,809 3,119
November 2,443 3,291 3,340 3,498 3,391 3,658
December 2,277 2,933 3,852 3,534 4,412 3,286
Year 21,522 30,370 36,679 39,108 41,507 40,354 18,583

Gas Demand Trends

Non-Daily Metered gas demand in May 2024 was 525 GWh, which was 15% higher than the May 2023 figure of 457 GWh (See Table 2C).

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Created with Highcharts 9.3.3Chart context menuSource: CSO IrelandJanuary 2018June 2018November 2018April 2019September 2019February 2020July 2020December 2020May 2021October 2021March 2022August 2022January 2023June 2023November 2023April 2024Highcharts.comFigure 2: Monthly Networked Gas Demand by Non-Daily Metered Customers and Power Plants January 2018-May 2024
Non-Daily Metered
Power Plants
02k4k
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
X-axis label Non-Daily Metered Power Plants
January 2018 1853 2322
February 2018 1780 2191
March 2018 1841 2616
April 2018 1147 2636
May 2018 623 3173
June 2018 309 3617
July 2018 261 3752
August 2018 333 3303
September 2018 552 2767
October 2018 1006 3116
November 2018 1387 2876
December 2018 1508 2751
January 2019 1725 2965
February 2019 1403 2239
March 2019 1442 2858
April 2019 1139 3089
May 2019 731 3563
June 2019 576 3228
July 2019 314 3584
August 2019 345 2838
September 2019 478 2802
October 2019 1061 2974
November 2019 1545 3110
December 2019 1728 2714
January 2020 1751 2892
February 2020 1719 2441
March 2020 1535 2778
April 2020 809 2955
May 2020 533 3296
June 2020 400 3251
July 2020 381 3442
August 2020 357 3524
September 2020 511 3247
October 2020 1053 2698
November 2020 1283 2824
December 2020 1790 2950
January 2021 1929 3151
February 2021 1566 2287
March 2021 1389 2994
April 2021 1091 2848
May 2021 843 2403
June 2021 372 2800
July 2021 300 3133
August 2021 352 3099
September 2021 375 2837
October 2021 801 2548
November 2021 1352 2779
December 2021 1600 2665
January 2022 1703 3122
February 2022 1486 2039
March 2022 1330 2764
April 2022 983 3030
May 2022 555 3142
June 2022 393 3223
July 2022 289 3600
August 2022 277 3722
September 2022 407 3109
October 2022 685 2602
November 2022 1081 2726
December 2022 1674 3224
January 2023 1580 2888
February 2023 1199 2698
March 2023 1307 3035
April 2023 871 2784
May 2023 457 3230
June 2023 275 3066
July 2023 307 2799
August 2023 309 2715
September 2023 374 2625
October 2023 716 2739
November 2023 1197 2738
December 2023 1384 2287
January 2024 1678 3137
February 2024 1260 2453
March 2024 1257 2575
April 2024 929 2622
May 2024 525 3153
Table 2A Total Metered Natural Gas Demand by Month and Year 2018-2024
Table 2A Total Metered Natural Gas Demand by Month and Year 2018-2024
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
January 4,884 5,431 5,380 5,855 5,538 5,154 5,555
February 4,703 4,367 4,947 4,644 4,264 4,578 4,419
March 5,271 5,181 5,212 5,287 4,958 5,191 4,660
April 4,584 5,111 4,567 4,858 4,871 4,464 4,326
May 4,615 5,150 4,643 4,161 4,550 4,470 4,450
June 4,644 4,592 4,417 3,991 4,415 4,035
July 4,677 4,670 4,584 4,188 4,622 3,794
August 4,335 3,966 4,640 4,216 4,719 3,731
September 4,017 4,052 4,523 3,965 4,217 3,690
October 5,012 4,858 4,562 4,109 4,029 4,172
November 5,112 5,478 4,903 4,891 4,559 4,659
December 4,972 5,147 5,472 4,946 5,590 4,309
Year 56,824 58,003 57,851 55,111 56,331 52,247 23,410

Table 2B Metered Natural Gas Demand by Power Plants by Month and Year 2018-2024
Table 2B Metered Natural Gas Demand by Power Plants by Month and Year 2018-2024
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
January 2,322 2,965 2,892 3,151 3,122 2,888 3,137
February 2,191 2,239 2,441 2,287 2,039 2,698 2,453
March 2,616 2,858 2,778 2,994 2,764 3,035 2,575
April 2,636 3,089 2,955 2,848 3,030 2,784 2,622
May 3,173 3,563 3,296 2,403 3,142 3,230 3,153
June 3,617 3,228 3,251 2,800 3,223 3,066
July 3,752 3,584 3,442 3,133 3,600 2,799
August 3,303 2,838 3,524 3,099 3,722 2,715
September 2,767 2,802 3,247 2,837 3,109 2,625
October 3,116 2,974 2,698 2,548 2,602 2,739
November 2,876 3,110 2,824 2,779 2,726 2,738
December 2,751 2,714 2,950 2,665 3,224 2,287
Year 35,119 35,963 36,297 33,545 36,303 33,604 13,941

Table 2C Metered Natural Gas Demand by Non-Daily Metered by Month and Year 2018-2024
Table 2C Metered Natural Gas Demand by Non-Daily Metered by Month and Year 2018-2024
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
January 1,853 1,725 1,751 1,929 1,703 1,580 1,678
February 1,780 1,403 1,719 1,566 1,486 1,199 1,260
March 1,841 1,442 1,535 1,389 1,330 1,307 1,257
April 1,147 1,139 809 1,091 983 871 929
May 623 731 533 843 555 457 525
June 309 576 400 372 393 275
July 261 314 381 300 289 307
August 333 345 357 352 277 309
September 552 478 511 375 407 374
October 1,006 1,061 1,053 801 685 716
November 1,387 1,545 1,283 1,352 1,081 1,197
December 1,508 1,728 1,790 1,600 1,674 1,384
Year 12,600 12,487 12,120 11,971 10,861 9,976 5,649

Table 2D Metered Natural Gas Demand by Large Daily Metered by Month and Year 2018-2024
Table 2D Metered Natural Gas Demand by Large Daily Metered by Month and Year 2018-2024
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
January 402 418 398 435 378 364 390
February 433 435 457 480 427 393 405
March 502 564 564 583 529 517 518
April 535 585 549 613 551 517 493
May 583 581 580 629 576 525 512
June 520 550 539 582 543 477
July 470 547 528 534 510 470
August 494 549 531 531 490 483
September 483 531 513 516 467 465
October 611 522 523 483 483 462
November 555 496 500 447 463 426
December 434 394 412 370 375 352
Year 6,022 6,171 6,095 6,203 5,792 5,451 2,320

Table 2E Metered Natural Gas Demand by Daily Metered by Month and Year 2018-2024
Table 2E Metered Natural Gas Demand by Daily Metered by Month and Year 2018-2024
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
January 308 323 339 341 334 322 349
February 298 291 330 310 312 288 300
March 312 317 336 321 335 331 310
April 266 300 255 306 307 293 281
May 236 275 235 286 279 258 259
June 199 238 228 236 256 218
July 194 225 234 221 222 218
August 204 234 227 234 230 224
September 215 241 252 237 234 225
October 279 301 288 276 259 256
November 294 326 296 314 289 299
December 279 311 320 311 318 286
Year 3,083 3,382 3,338 3,392 3,375 3,217 1,500

Daily Gas Supply and Demand Trends May 2018-2024

Networked gas demand for May 2024 was lowest on 25 May 2024 with daily demand of 104 GWh and was highest on 07 May 2024 with daily demand of 177 GWh. The three days with the highest maximum daily air temperature at Dublin Airport were on 10-12 May, which may have been a factor in the Non-Daily Metered customers having their two consecutive days of lowest daily gas demand on 11-12 May 2024 (See Tables 4A, 4C, and 5).

Table 3A Total Metered Natural Gas Daily Supply May 2018-2024
Table 3A Total Metered Natural Gas Daily Supply May 2018-2024
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
Day 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1 134 174 161 160 172 160 153
2 134 181 158 137 182 155 165
3 151 179 155 108 175 122 170
4 155 180 134 131 163 124 168
5 132 183 127 167 168 152 145
6 133 192 156 163 177 149 150
7 127 177 170 147 172 108 176
8 129 166 178 112 129 137 174
9 125 206 157 106 113 143 146
10 132 211 117 119 116 128 138
11 163 188 159 120 138 147 125
12 169 144 173 144 138 176 133
13 155 131 175 133 133 144 137
14 180 130 181 136 165 118 157
15 139 147 187 137 140 152 156
16 141 166 169 132 139 172 135
17 158 180 128 144 139 166 129
18 146 172 133 144 112 160 127
19 115 161 169 132 113 169 140
20 130 181 151 109 122 160 164
21 147 166 142 119 140 145 165
22 179 173 112 127 133 150 127
23 174 170 104 127 163 146 131
24 175 169 131 124 153 156 171
25 139 138 149 149 118 147 104
26 123 114 176 147 128 149 126
27 144 158 167 137 168 129 147
28 175 178 140 149 159 112 125
29 167 157 125 139 142 132 119
30 170 147 126 135 166 136 113
31 174 132 133 128 174 124 132
Month 4,615 5,150 4,643 4,161 4,548 4,465 4,446

Table 3B Metered Natural Gas Daily Supply from Indigenous Production May 2018-2024
Table 3B Metered Natural Gas Daily Supply from Indigenous Production May 2018-2024
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
Day 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1 97 81 64 50 43 36 32
2 97 82 64 50 43 36 32
3 97 82 64 49 41 36 32
4 97 81 64 44 43 36 32
5 92 81 63 49 43 36 32
6 38 81 63 50 43 36 32
7 95 82 63 49 42 36 32
8 97 81 30 49 42 36 32
9 96 81 5 49 42 36 32
10 97 81 44 49 41 36 32
11 97 81 66 48 42 36 32
12 96 80 65 43 42 36 32
13 96 81 65 39 42 36 32
14 96 81 64 39 42 36 32
15 96 81 64 39 42 36 32
16 96 81 64 39 42 36 31
17 96 78 64 39 42 36 32
18 96 74 64 39 42 36 32
19 95 73 63 39 42 36 32
20 96 79 25 41 42 36 32
21 95 79 67 40 42 36 32
22 95 79 64 40 42 34 32
23 94 79 64 40 16 36 32
24 96 81 64 40 29 35 32
25 98 80 64 40 43 35 32
26 102 78 63 40 42 35 32
27 102 79 63 40 42 35 32
28 103 80 63 40 42 35 32
29 106 79 59 40 42 35 32
30 106 78 61 40 42 35 32
31 106 79 63 40 37 35 32
Month 2,969 2,472 1,821 1,335 1,262 1,103 984

Table 3C Metered Natural Gas Daily Supply from Imports May 2018-2024
Table 3C Metered Natural Gas Daily Supply from Imports May 2018-2024
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
Day 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1 37 93 97 110 130 124 121
2 37 99 94 88 140 120 133
3 54 97 91 58 134 86 138
4 58 98 70 86 119 88 136
5 40 102 64 118 125 116 114
6 96 111 93 114 134 113 118
7 32 96 107 97 129 72 145
8 32 84 148 63 87 102 142
9 28 124 152 57 71 108 114
10 36 130 73 70 75 92 107
11 67 107 92 72 96 111 93
12 72 64 108 101 95 140 101
13 59 51 110 93 90 108 105
14 84 49 117 97 123 82 125
15 43 66 123 98 98 117 124
16 45 86 105 93 97 136 104
17 62 103 64 105 97 131 97
18 51 98 70 105 70 124 95
19 20 88 106 93 71 133 108
20 35 102 126 68 80 124 132
21 52 86 75 79 98 109 134
22 83 94 48 87 91 116 95
23 79 91 40 86 147 110 99
24 79 88 67 84 124 120 140
25 40 59 85 109 75 111 73
26 20 36 113 107 86 113 94
27 42 79 104 97 125 94 116
28 72 98 78 109 117 77 93
29 61 78 66 99 100 97 87
30 64 68 65 95 124 100 81
31 68 53 70 88 137 88 100
Month 1,646 2,678 2,822 2,826 3,286 3,362 3,462

Table 4A Total Metered Natural Gas Daily Demand May 2018-2024
Table 4A Total Metered Natural Gas Daily Demand May 2018-2024
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
Day 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1 134 174 161 160 173 160 153
2 134 181 158 137 183 156 165
3 151 179 155 108 175 122 170
4 155 180 134 131 163 125 168
5 132 183 127 167 168 152 146
6 133 192 156 163 177 149 150
7 127 177 170 147 172 108 177
8 129 166 178 112 129 138 174
9 125 206 157 106 113 144 146
10 132 211 117 119 116 128 139
11 163 188 159 120 138 147 125
12 169 144 173 144 138 176 133
13 155 131 175 133 133 144 137
14 180 130 181 136 165 118 157
15 139 147 187 137 140 153 156
16 141 166 169 132 139 172 135
17 158 180 128 144 139 166 129
18 146 172 133 144 113 160 127
19 115 161 169 132 113 169 140
20 130 181 151 109 122 160 164
21 147 166 142 119 140 145 165
22 179 173 112 127 133 150 127
23 174 170 104 127 163 146 131
24 175 169 131 124 153 156 171
25 139 138 149 149 118 147 104
26 123 114 176 147 128 149 126
27 144 158 167 137 168 129 147
28 175 178 140 149 159 113 125
29 167 157 125 139 142 132 119
30 170 147 126 135 166 136 113
31 174 132 133 128 174 124 132
Month 4,615 5,150 4,643 4,161 4,550 4,470 4,450

Table 4B Metered Natural Gas Daily Demand by Power Plants May 2018-2024
Table 4B Metered Natural Gas Daily Demand by Power Plants May 2018-2024
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
Day 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1 65 116 106 99 122 118 100
2 72 122 110 81 132 110 110
3 87 116 113 43 124 75 116
4 103 120 91 61 115 74 119
5 90 126 78 94 121 108 106
6 95 134 108 94 128 109 105
7 87 116 126 80 128 70 129
8 83 94 136 57 89 98 129
9 68 139 120 55 64 102 105
10 80 149 71 61 68 85 100
11 103 133 105 65 90 102 90
12 118 96 121 85 86 133 100
13 109 82 121 77 87 106 95
14 129 82 132 80 125 79 115
15 89 101 134 83 101 108 117
16 92 119 123 84 96 129 96
17 110 128 85 88 92 126 90
18 101 125 87 86 66 119 90
19 75 116 128 78 68 128 106
20 88 132 111 46 76 123 124
21 98 119 99 53 98 110 124
22 133 127 68 72 92 110 85
23 131 124 60 69 118 107 85
24 130 126 95 66 108 117 126
25 100 99 109 92 73 110 66
26 87 76 137 97 84 114 87
27 109 112 130 85 124 97 107
28 138 130 105 96 120 80 85
29 130 110 91 96 102 96 80
30 133 105 94 96 118 100 72
31 140 90 103 86 126 88 94
Month 3,173 3,563 3,296 2,403 3,142 3,230 3,153

Table 4C Metered Natural Gas Daily Demand by Non-Daily Metered May 2018-2024
Table 4C Metered Natural Gas Daily Demand by Non-Daily Metered May 2018-2024
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
Day 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1 39 28 28 31 24 18 26
2 33 29 22 28 25 19 28
3 35 33 19 37 22 19 26
4 24 30 19 38 20 23 23
5 17 29 22 40 19 18 17
6 14 30 21 37 21 15 21
7 16 32 18 35 17 15 20
8 19 42 15 26 15 15 19
9 28 38 12 25 22 16 16
10 25 33 21 29 19 17 13
11 32 27 25 26 20 19 12
12 24 22 24 29 22 17 11
13 20 21 25 26 19 14 17
14 23 20 22 27 15 15 16
15 22 18 24 26 14 18 15
16 21 19 19 21 15 16 14
17 21 24 18 26 19 15 15
18 19 21 19 26 18 15 13
19 15 21 13 23 16 15 12
20 17 21 12 31 17 13 15
21 21 19 15 34 15 12 17
22 19 19 16 26 14 14 16
23 17 19 18 29 17 13 20
24 18 17 12 28 17 13 19
25 14 15 13 27 17 12 15
26 13 14 12 22 16 11 17
27 13 20 11 24 15 9 16
28 12 20 10 25 13 10 14
29 12 20 9 16 14 11 14
30 12 16 8 13 19 11 15
31 11 15 8 14 19 11 13
Month 623 731 533 843 555 457 525

Daily Air Temperature and Mean Wind Speed May 2018-2024

In May 2024, there were five days with a daily mean wind speed of higher than 10 Knots at Dublin Airport, while May 2023 had one day. Higher wind speeds typically reduce the demand for gas by power plants because a higher proportion of metered electricity is wind generated (See Table 6).

Table 5 Met Éireann Maximum Daily Air Temperature at Dublin Airport May 2018-2024
Table 5 Met Éireann Maximum Daily Air Temperature at Dublin Airport May 2018-2024
degrees Celsius
Day 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1 11.4 14.9 13.8 11.3 12.8 17.0 13.4
2 12.6 14.1 14.4 12.9 15.0 17.2 16.3
3 12.8 11.4 14.5 12.5 16.3 15.4 15.0
4 17.6 11.2 13.3 10.1 16.8 13.1 12.3
5 21.2 11.0 13.1 10.6 16.6 18.5 16.9
6 22.2 11.6 14.4 12.0 15.1 15.7 13.7
7 19.6 11.5 17.3 11.1 14.8 18.5 16.0
8 16.3 8.9 17.7 17.7 19.9 19.5 17.1
9 11.6 9.1 19.2 14.4 15.0 16.4 19.0
10 13.9 11.9 11.0 15.3 16.8 15.6 21.4
11 12.0 13.7 9.5 14.1 16.3 14.0 20.5
12 14.3 15.2 13.8 12.3 14.7 15.3 20.2
13 15.6 18.0 10.5 14.2 18.1 16.0 13.1
14 16.1 17.8 13.8 14.2 16.2 15.0 17.0
15 17.4 17.6 13.2 11.9 16.4 15.2 18.1
16 13.6 15.4 15.1 14.2 19.4 16.8 19.1
17 14.1 13.9 17.0 14.8 15.4 18.2 16.9
18 16.9 13.1 17.3 14.0 16.3 17.0 19.1
19 19.9 13.7 20.9 16.5 17.6 16.5 19.6
20 17.9 15.4 21.5 13.7 16.3 14.9 20.0
21 16.8 15.7 17.5 11.2 17.6 17.0 17.4
22 14.7 14.6 17.3 12.6 17.6 16.5 16.5
23 15.1 16.8 15.4 12.9 15.7 18.3 13.9
24 14.7 17.5 19.9 14.5 16.6 17.3 12.8
25 21.2 18.6 19.1 14.5 17.6 19.4 15.5
26 17.9 17.3 18.8 16.1 17.6 18.4 15.4
27 16.5 15.6 18.8 15.9 16.8 19.9 16.7
28 19.4 15.2 20.7 13.0 16.8 15.1 18.7
29 20.2 16.5 20.5 17.1 13.8 16.1 17.7
30 19.3 20.9 20.7 20.4 13.5 17.0 16.0
31 20.7 18.0 19.7 19.7 15.4 15.6 18.9

Table 6 Met Éireann Daily Mean Wind Speed at Dublin Airport May 2018-2024
Table 6 Met Éireann Daily Mean Wind Speed at Dublin Airport May 2018-2024
Knots
Day 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1 13.2 8.5 10.8 4.8 6.3 7.6 7.6
2 13.5 9.4 7.6 5.4 3.0 7.2 8.0
3 11.1 9.5 5.8 13.6 4.6 8.3 6.3
4 8.4 8.9 9.5 18.5 10.0 12.0 6.4
5 7.0 6.2 13.1 8.7 5.6 7.9 4.3
6 6.0 4.8 7.5 9.9 7.2 5.0 7.3
7 5.4 6.2 6.5 8.5 5.0 6.4 5.5
8 11.9 14.8 5.9 11.7 6.9 6.8 4.9
9 11.4 6.9 5.0 12.5 11.2 7.1 4.5
10 11.2 5.1 15.1 10.8 11.2 9.7 6.3
11 12.8 7.8 12.5 9.9 11.0 7.9 6.4
12 6.8 7.2 7.7 4.8 8.8 6.8 5.3
13 7.7 7.2 10.0 4.6 11.8 4.9 10.1
14 4.6 6.8 4.6 6.5 6.3 8.2 7.2
15 8.8 6.7 7.3 7.1 7.0 8.0 6.2
16 10.2 6.2 6.9 5.7 8.8 7.1 6.7
17 7.6 8.1 7.7 8.2 8.2 6.3 7.2
18 5.9 7.5 8.3 5.9 12.6 7.2 7.5
19 8.1 7.5 7.2 7.0 9.8 6.7 6.1
20 7.3 6.3 5.5 13.1 10.8 3.3 6.2
21 7.3 5.1 9.7 14.8 8.2 4.8 6.0
22 7.7 4.7 17.4 9.6 8.8 8.9 13.4
23 7.5 4.4 15.6 8.0 9.1 7.9 16.2
24 5.8 6.8 10.7 11.1 11.0 8.8 7.9
25 13.3 7.2 7.3 9.0 13.2 6.5 9.1
26 13.2 15.3 6.8 6.1 13.0 6.2 6.1
27 9.4 11.7 6.1 7.1 10.6 5.0 6.7
28 6.0 8.0 7.4 6.8 5.2 9.9 9.4
29 9.1 8.2 7.6 4.8 8.2 9.8 13.0
30 6.6 9.9 6.0 5.7 9.7 7.5 14.9
31 7.5 10.5 7.3 7.4 10.0 8.9 9.1