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10/09/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/09/2024 17:02

Networked Gas Daily Supply and Demand June 2024

Gas demand was 8% lower in June 2024 when compared with June 2023

Online ISSN: 2990-8299
CSO statistical publication, 10 September 2024, 11am

Key Findings

  • Indigenous Production was 25% lower in June 2024 when compared with June 2023 (See Tables 1B and Figure 1). The Corrib gas field was closed for planned maintenance for some of June 2024 (See Table 3B).

  • Gas Imports represented 79% of total metered supply in June 2024 with Indigenous Production from the Corrib gas field and biomethane plants accounting for the remaining 21% (See Tables 1A, 1B, 1C, and Figure 1).

  • Total metered gas demand in June 2024 was 3,697 gigawatt hours (GWh), which was 8% lower than the June 2023 figure of 4,035 GWh (See Table 2A).

  • Comparing June 2024 with June 2023, natural gas demand by customer category showed the following trends: Non-Daily Metered (+36%); Power Plants (-15%); Daily Metered (+10%); and Large Daily Metered (-1%) (See Tables 2B to 2E).

  • There were four days in June 2024 with a maximum daily air temperature above 20 degrees Celsius recorded at Dublin Airport compared with 15 days in June 2023 (See Table 5).

  • There were 12 days in June 2024 with a daily mean wind speed of above 10 Knots recorded at Dublin Airport compared with three days in June 2023 (See Table 6).

  • Natural Gas Imports were 1% higher in the first six months of 2024 compared with the same period in 2023. Indigenous Production was 14% lower in the first six months of 2024 compared with the same period in 2023 (See Tables A, 1B, 1C, and Figure 1).

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (10 September 2024) published Networked Gas Daily Supply and Demand June 2024.

Commenting on the release, Deirdre Moran, Statistician in the Climate and Energy Division, said: "Total metered gas demand in June 2024 was 3,697 gigawatt hours (GWh), which was 8% lower than the June 2023 figure of 4,035 GWh (See Table 2A).

In June 2024, Power Plants accounted for 71% of total gas demand, down from 76% of total demand in June 2023. Non-Daily Metered represented 10% of total gas demand, up from 7% of total demand in June 2023 (See Tables 2A, 2B, 2C, and Figure 2).

Natural Gas Imports were 2% lower in June 2024 compared with June 2023. Indigenous Production was 25% lower in June 2024 compared with June 2023 (See Tables 1B, 1C, and Figure 1).

Total networked gas supply in June 2024 was 3,697 gigawatt hours (GWh). The June supply figure was 17% lower than the May 2024 figure of 4,450 GWh (See Table 1A).

Networked gas demand for June 2024 was lowest on 27 June 2024 with daily demand of 84 GWh and was highest on 25 June 2024 with daily demand of 150 GWh (See Table 4A).

In June 2024, there were four days with a maximum daily air temperature above 20 degrees Celsius recorded at Dublin Airport, while June 2023 had 15 days. Non-Daily Metered gas demand was 36% higher in June 2024 compared with June 2023 (See Tables 2C, 4C, and 5).

In June 2024, there were 12 days with a daily mean wind speed of above 10 Knots recorded at Dublin Airport, while June 2023 had three days. 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.

Indigenous Production was 13.8% lower in the first six months of 2024 compared with the same period in 2023

Indigenous Production was 13.8% lower in the first six months of 2024 compared with the same period in 2023. Natural Gas Imports were 0.5% higher in the first six months of 2024 compared with the same period in 2023 (See Tables A, 1B, 1C, and Figure 1). Gas demand by Power Plants was 11.5% lower when comparing the 12-month rolling period of July 2023-June 2024 with July 2022-June 2023 (See Table A, 2B, and Figure 2).

Table A: Networked Gas Supply and Demand Percentage Changes June 2024
Category January-June 2024/2023 July-June 12-months 2024/2023
Total Networked Gas Supply -2.8% -7.5%
Indigenous Production -13.8% -19.1%
Imports 0.5% -3.7%
Total Networked Gas Demand -2.8% -7.5%
Power Plants -6.5% -11.5%
Non-Daily Metered 5.9% 2.1%
Large Daily Metered -0.1% -2.4%
Daily Metered 1.8% -0.4%

Gas Supply Trends

Gas Imports represented 79% of total metered supply in June 2024 with Indigenous Production from the Corrib gas field and biomethane plants accounting for the remaining 21% (See Tables 1A, 1B, 1C, and Figure 1).

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Created with Highcharts 9.3.3Chart context menuSource: CSO IrelandJanuary 2018August 2018March 2019October 2019May 2020December 2020July 2021February 2022September 2022April 2023November 2023June 2024Highcharts.comFigure 1: Monthly Networked Gas Supply from Indigenous Production and Imports January 2018-June 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
June 2024 2913 784
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 3,697
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 27,107

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 1,050 784
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 5,611

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 2,913
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 21,496

Gas Demand Trends

Non-Daily Metered gas demand in June 2024 was 375 GWh, which was 36% higher than the June 2023 figure of 275 GWh (See Table 2C). Power Plants gas demand in June 2024 was 2,611 GWh, which was 15% lower than the June 2023 figure of 3,066 GWh (See Table 2B).

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Created with Highcharts 9.3.3Chart context menuSource: CSO IrelandJanuary 2018August 2018March 2019October 2019May 2020December 2020July 2021February 2022September 2022April 2023November 2023June 2024Highcharts.comFigure 2: Monthly Networked Gas Demand by Non-Daily Metered Customers and Power Plants January 2018-June 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
June 2024 375 2611
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 3,697
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 27,107

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 2,611
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 16,552

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 309 576 400 372 393 275 375
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 6,024

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 520 550 539 582 543 477 471
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 2,791

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 199 238 228 236 256 218 240
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 1,740

Daily Gas Supply and Demand Trends June 2018-2024

Networked gas demand for June 2024 was lowest on 27 June 2024 with daily demand of 84 GWh and was highest on 25 June 2024 with daily demand of 150 GWh (See Table 4A). In June 2024, there were four days with a maximum daily air temperature above 20 degrees Celsius recorded at Dublin Airport, while June 2023 had 15 days. Non-Daily Metered gas demand was 36% higher in June 2024 compared with June 2023 (See Tables 2C, 4C, and 5).

Table 3A Total Metered Natural Gas Daily Supply June 2018-2024
Table 3A Total Metered Natural Gas Daily Supply June 2018-2024
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
Day 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1 172 138 153 143 168 143 133
2 167 101 140 148 177 143 123
3 165 141 117 130 156 135 122
4 165 155 138 134 143 123 102
5 173 167 119 141 162 135 123
6 169 161 115 145 157 144 137
7 167 156 149 119 146 137 112
8 169 137 175 121 125 107 94
9 162 161 177 122 120 110 97
10 161 157 166 109 105 117 120
11 164 153 136 130 94 137 145
12 169 154 154 130 120 159 147
13 116 174 160 121 178 161 109
14 115 188 170 140 177 148 127
15 137 182 177 123 173 163 119
16 128 147 179 141 157 155 119
17 119 146 184 142 157 137 145
18 146 165 178 149 133 125 135
19 135 161 172 138 115 155 146
20 121 166 108 125 166 165 137
21 153 176 105 124 178 167 118
22 166 141 129 145 172 155 124
23 161 131 156 148 169 113 126
24 164 171 162 129 145 76 133
25 167 167 162 130 102 103 150
26 165 146 156 129 104 115 118
27 169 135 100 121 129 121 84
28 164 153 90 138 130 157 118
29 164 149 123 133 177 130 118
30 152 113 167 145 177 95 113
Month 4,644 4,592 4,417 3,991 4,413 4,030 3,692

Table 3B Metered Natural Gas Daily Supply from Indigenous Production June 2018-2024
Table 3B Metered Natural Gas Daily Supply from Indigenous Production June 2018-2024
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
Day 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1 106 76 62 40 34 35 32
2 106 81 63 40 42 35 31
3 66 79 63 40 42 35 31
4 105 80 63 40 41 35 31
5 106 79 63 40 41 35 32
6 105 74 63 40 42 35 31
7 104 79 63 40 41 35 31
8 104 79 31 39 42 35 31
9 105 79 28 40 32 35 31
10 103 79 65 40 28 35 24
11 99 78 64 40 43 35 33
12 105 78 63 39 42 35 32
13 102 79 63 40 42 35 31
14 104 79 62 40 42 35 31
15 100 79 62 39 42 35 31
16 99 78 62 39 42 35 31
17 104 72 63 39 42 35 31
18 98 78 63 39 42 35 31
19 104 78 63 39 42 35 31
20 103 77 62 39 42 35 31
21 103 78 62 36 42 35 31
22 98 77 62 39 42 34 31
23 103 76 62 48 42 35 31
24 103 77 62 49 42 34 5
25 102 77 62 49 42 35 -
26 102 77 62 48 42 35 -
27 102 76 62 48 42 35 -
28 99 77 62 48 42 35 -
29 99 76 62 48 42 35 24
30 99 75 62 48 42 35 33
Month 3,038 2,330 1,815 1,253 1,223 1,045 779
- No Production Recorded

Table 3C Metered Natural Gas Daily Supply from Imports June 2018-2024
Table 3C Metered Natural Gas Daily Supply from Imports June 2018-2024
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
Day 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1 66 62 91 103 134 107 102
2 62 20 76 108 135 107 92
3 99 62 54 90 115 99 91
4 60 75 75 94 101 88 70
5 68 88 56 101 120 99 92
6 64 87 52 105 115 109 105
7 62 78 86 80 104 102 80
8 66 57 144 81 83 72 63
9 58 82 148 83 88 75 66
10 58 78 101 69 78 82 96
11 65 75 72 90 51 103 111
12 64 77 91 91 78 124 115
13 14 95 97 81 136 126 78
14 10 108 107 100 135 113 96
15 37 103 115 84 131 128 87
16 28 69 117 102 115 121 87
17 16 74 121 102 115 102 114
18 47 86 115 110 92 90 103
19 31 83 110 99 73 120 115
20 18 88 46 85 124 130 106
21 50 98 43 88 136 132 87
22 68 65 67 106 130 120 93
23 57 55 94 100 127 78 95
24 61 94 100 80 103 42 128
25 64 90 100 81 60 68 150
26 63 69 94 80 63 81 118
27 67 59 37 73 87 86 84
28 66 76 28 90 89 123 118
29 65 72 60 84 135 96 93
30 53 38 105 96 135 61 80
Month 1,606 2,262 2,602 2,737 3,190 2,985 2,913

Table 4A Total Metered Natural Gas Daily Demand June 2018-2024
Table 4A Total Metered Natural Gas Daily Demand June 2018-2024
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
Day 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1 172 138 153 143 168 143 133
2 167 101 140 148 177 143 123
3 165 141 117 130 156 135 122
4 165 155 138 134 143 123 102
5 173 167 119 141 162 135 123
6 169 161 115 145 157 144 137
7 167 156 149 119 146 137 112
8 169 137 175 121 125 107 95
9 162 161 177 122 120 111 97
10 161 157 166 109 105 117 120
11 164 153 136 130 94 138 145
12 169 154 154 130 120 159 147
13 116 174 160 121 178 161 109
14 115 188 170 140 177 148 127
15 137 182 177 123 173 163 119
16 128 147 179 141 157 156 119
17 119 146 184 142 157 137 145
18 146 165 178 149 133 125 135
19 135 161 172 138 115 155 147
20 121 166 108 125 166 165 138
21 153 176 105 124 178 167 118
22 166 141 129 145 172 155 124
23 161 131 156 148 169 113 126
24 164 171 162 129 145 76 133
25 167 167 162 130 102 103 150
26 165 146 156 129 104 116 118
27 169 135 100 121 129 121 84
28 164 153 90 138 130 158 118
29 164 149 123 133 177 130 118
30 152 113 167 145 177 96 113
Month 4,644 4,592 4,417 3,991 4,415 4,035 3,697

Table 4B Metered Natural Gas Daily Demand by Power Plants June 2018-2024
Table 4B Metered Natural Gas Daily Demand by Power Plants June 2018-2024
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
Day 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1 138 100 123 101 124 107 99
2 134 64 107 106 131 107 91
3 134 100 78 87 112 103 88
4 134 104 96 91 102 94 64
5 138 112 76 102 118 105 82
6 134 108 69 107 117 110 95
7 132 105 110 81 104 102 72
8 135 91 135 80 84 71 59
9 131 115 134 81 78 77 61
10 131 109 120 68 65 85 79
11 129 106 88 90 56 108 102
12 130 99 106 93 82 126 104
13 80 117 123 88 136 129 68
14 78 132 136 101 137 116 88
15 97 135 142 85 134 130 83
16 91 103 142 103 119 123 86
17 84 100 145 102 120 108 108
18 108 120 139 108 96 96 96
19 97 116 131 101 78 123 110
20 83 120 72 90 128 133 101
21 115 129 72 84 141 135 81
22 129 101 91 103 135 122 90
23 128 88 117 106 131 81 97
24 134 128 125 87 106 47 101
25 134 124 127 84 65 74 117
26 132 104 121 88 69 83 85
27 137 95 66 85 89 89 50
28 133 115 54 99 91 125 84
29 134 113 78 94 138 97 85
30 123 78 125 106 137 62 82
Month 3,617 3,228 3,251 2,800 3,223 3,066 2,611

Table 4C Metered Natural Gas Daily Demand by Non-Daily Metered June 2018-2024
Table 4C Metered Natural Gas Daily Demand by Non-Daily Metered June 2018-2024
Gigawatt hours (GWh)
Day 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1 11 14 8 13 16 11 11
2 10 13 8 14 17 11 10
3 9 17 12 13 16 9 11
4 9 24 14 14 14 8 13
5 11 27 15 13 18 9 15
6 10 25 22 12 15 10 16
7 10 24 15 12 15 11 14
8 9 21 14 13 14 12 13
9 8 21 17 12 14 10 15
10 8 21 18 12 13 9 16
11 10 21 21 12 12 8 17
12 14 28 21 10 13 9 17
13 12 29 14 9 15 9 15
14 12 28 11 11 13 9 14
15 13 22 10 11 12 9 13
16 12 20 11 12 11 9 10
17 11 20 12 13 11 8 13
18 12 18 12 13 12 8 14
19 12 18 14 11 12 8 12
20 13 18 12 11 11 9 12
21 12 18 11 12 11 9 13
22 12 15 13 13 11 9 11
23 10 18 12 14 10 9 9
24 8 16 10 13 12 7 9
25 9 15 9 18 12 8 10
26 9 15 10 15 12 9 9
27 8 14 11 11 13 9 11
28 8 13 13 12 13 9 12
29 8 11 17 11 12 9 12
30 7 11 14 11 13 10 11
Month 309 576 400 372 393 275 375

Daily Air Temperature and Mean Wind Speed June 2018-2024

In June 2024, there were 12 days with a daily mean wind speed of higher than 10 Knots at Dublin Airport, while June 2023 had three days. 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 June 2018-2024
Table 5 Met Éireann Maximum Daily Air Temperature at Dublin Airport June 2018-2024
degrees Celsius
Day 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1 20.8 18.6 20.6 19.6 16.2 15.9 18.2
2 20.4 18.1 25.0 17.9 15.6 14.9 20.3
3 19.0 16.2 14.7 19.1 15.4 18.3 18.3
4 20.6 11.9 17.4 18.9 14.8 18.2 16.6
5 16.5 11.9 14.9 18.1 11.5 18.3 15.4
6 18.6 15.3 12.0 17.2 15.6 15.6 16.2
7 21.3 14.3 16.9 19.0 16.3 14.5 18.2
8 21.0 16.5 17.1 19.2 18.3 15.1 17.1
9 21.5 16.3 14.6 21.3 20.3 17.5 13.9
10 20.0 15.1 15.0 21.6 18.5 18.6 16.3
11 18.0 15.4 14.3 18.4 18.2 22.2 15.3
12 16.5 11.1 14.2 20.0 16.2 20.9 15.1
13 17.9 12.1 16.8 23.7 15.7 24.1 18.0
14 19.4 14.0 19.8 17.8 17.3 20.7 17.0
15 17.1 16.4 22.0 22.8 19.4 23.4 15.2
16 18.2 16.4 20.4 18.1 22.6 20.8 19.0
17 19.4 18.2 17.1 18.2 18.9 18.8 17.5
18 18.4 17.0 15.9 16.0 16.0 21.3 14.8
19 23.2 16.7 15.4 16.8 17.4 22.5 18.6
20 17.7 16.5 19.4 16.4 20.2 20.0 21.4
21 17.8 15.8 18.7 18.0 18.2 22.7 19.9
22 18.9 17.1 19.6 18.0 19.1 20.6 19.3
23 19.8 17.4 19.3 18.6 21.9 21.4 19.0
24 22.4 18.3 20.0 18.6 18.3 24.6 25.6
25 24.5 18.0 23.1 13.8 17.8 20.7 17.2
26 23.7 17.6 22.7 14.7 18.3 19.9 23.0
27 26.5 18.5 16.7 18.2 16.9 22.3 16.8
28 26.2 22.7 16.1 19.8 18.8 19.6 18.2
29 23.3 20.9 13.9 22.7 18.5 18.5 15.9
30 20.1 19.8 16.6 19.4 17.6 18.2 17.9

Table 6 Met Éireann Daily Mean Wind Speed at Dublin Airport June 2018-2024
Table 6 Met Éireann Daily Mean Wind Speed at Dublin Airport June 2018-2024
Knots
Day 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
1 3.9 4.5 6.1 6.5 6.2 8.9 6.3
2 5.3 12.2 7.8 6.4 5.1 8.5 7.3
3 6.1 9.5 12.6 9.0 9.1 6.2 10.2
4 6.6 6.2 11.6 7.5 14.6 7.1 13.1
5 6.8 11.3 15.1 7.0 10.5 7.3 12.7
6 5.6 7.2 16.2 5.2 6.6 8.0 9.9
7 6.2 6.1 9.5 5.3 6.8 9.8 10.3
8 5.8 12.5 7.1 8.5 11.5 10.4 12.0
9 6.2 7.2 4.7 8.0 8.3 10.2 13.8
10 6.6 7.3 7.5 10.3 11.0 6.0 11.2
11 7.8 11.4 15.9 11.2 11.2 4.7 9.3
12 6.6 11.5 15.8 6.5 12.0 4.1 6.8
13 13.0 9.1 8.6 5.0 7.5 6.1 11.2
14 22.2 5.6 6.2 10.5 5.7 7.5 7.2
15 11.7 6.5 4.5 7.3 5.2 5.5 6.4
16 14.6 6.1 4.4 7.2 5.6 5.3 8.8
17 13.4 8.1 4.5 8.2 8.7 7.7 8.2
18 13.8 5.6 5.4 6.5 9.2 6.7 10.2
19 11.9 7.8 6.9 6.2 12.4 6.8 6.0
20 13.6 8.3 10.4 8.4 5.8 4.5 6.0
21 10.8 6.7 10.0 11.5 5.0 7.4 7.3
22 7.2 6.3 12.2 7.6 3.2 5.9 6.6
23 7.2 8.1 8.2 6.1 4.7 8.8 7.0
24 6.5 6.1 5.4 10.8 8.4 9.5 5.0
25 7.2 7.7 5.2 11.0 12.3 8.0 6.5
26 5.8 11.2 7.8 10.2 10.5 8.3 6.4
27 6.5 12.5 11.1 8.5 9.5 8.3 12.9
28 6.5 7.5 15.5 5.0 10.0 8.0 10.7
29 7.2 5.3 13.9 5.7 6.2 8.1 5.8
30 8.0 11.5 6.3 6.2 7.1 10.8 10.0