The pie chart below displays how electricity is produced in Ireland and the table illustrates the main reasons for consuming electricity in the same country.
Overall, the used of coal to produce electricity is nearly half of the others figure, while gas is nearly two-fifth of the total figure. The highest usage of electricity is for heating, which is just over a half and the least used of power energy are consumer electronics and phone charging.
In Ireland the most significant element used to generate electricity is coal, which is approximately 50%. The minority used of wind and solar had the same portion of resources which was 10% respectively. Finally, gas was the second majority of use to produce electricity.
A tiny proportion of electricity consumption are for phone charging and consumer electronics which is 5% respectively, while a significant majority of usage is for Heating with just over a half. The consumption of lighting is one fifth of the whole part. At the end, kitchen appliances remained the third ranked at just under one-sixth.
