Energy and grid explainer

Pair the live grid snapshot with official annual statistics so a "right now" figure is never mistaken for a yearly one. Use grid-now for just the live snapshot.

Related projects: Smart Grid Dashboard (EirGrid Group plc), Green Collective (Johnston & Wang Green Collective KlG). Not affiliated; see ../_shared/inspirations.md.

Calling the tools

Steps name each operation as source/operation (e.g. eirgrid/grid_get_status), using the typed tool name as the operation. On the default surface, run it with ireland_call, for example:

{ "source": "eirgrid", "operation": "grid_get_status", "args": { "region": "ROI" } }

If an argument shape is unclear, call ireland_describe with { "source", "operation" } first; it returns the schema and an example. search, fetch and nearby are top-level tools. If the server was added with ?toolsets=<ids> or ?toolsets=all, the typed tool can be called directly with the same args.

Steps

1. Now. Call eirgrid/grid_get_status with { "region": "ROI" } (or "ALL" for the island, "NI"). Report demand (MW), wind (MW), wind share (%) and CO2 intensity (gCO2/kWh), each with its own timestamp. Pass on any note about missing early-morning readings.
2. This year vs the EU. Call eurostat/eurostat_compare_ie_eu with { "dataset": "nrg_ind_ren", "filters": { "nrg_bal": ["REN_ELC"] }, "since": "2019" } for the share of electricity from renewables, Ireland vs EU27. Use "REN" for the overall renewable energy share. Mark provisional values (status: "p").
3. Weather link (optional). met-eireann/met_get_forecast for a windy-region point (e.g. Belmullet 54.23, -10.0) or marine/marine_get_buoys for offshore wind, to explain a high or low wind share.
4. More detail (optional). cso/cso_search_tables with "electricity" or "energy" (e.g. MEG01 metered generation by fuel) and cso/cso_get_data; or eurostat/eurostat_search_datasets for other energy tables.
5. Explain. One or two sentences linking the numbers: e.g. a high wind share at a low-demand hour says nothing about the annual share.

Output format

Illustrative layout; the values are examples, not data.

## Irish electricity, 26 Oct 2026
**Now (EirGrid, ROI):** demand 4,358 MW, wind 3,385 MW = 77.7% at 13:30; CO2 154 g/kWh at 23:45 (25 Oct)
**Renewables share of electricity (Eurostat nrg_ind_ren):** Ireland 41.x% vs EU27 47.5% (2024)
<2–3 sentence explanation>
Sources
- EirGrid Smart Grid Dashboard (real-time, provisional)
- Eurostat nrg_ind_ren (Eurostat reuse policy), retrieved <date>

Rules

• Follow ../_shared/citations.md.
• EirGrid real-time data is provisional and can lag; give each value's own timestamp.
• Never compare a live percentage with an annual percentage as if they were the same measure.
• No energy-saving, tariff or investment advice.