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Networked Gas Daily Consumption February 2023

Gas consumption by power plants in February 2023 was 33% higher than in February 2022

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CSO statistical publication, 03 May 2023, 11am

Key Findings

Total networked gas consumption in February 2023 was 7.8% higher than in February 2022. Gas consumption by power plants was 33% higher while gas consumption by non-daily metered customers was 19% lower than in February 2022 (See Table 1).
The mean wind speed at Dublin airport was lower on 24 days of February 2023 compared with February 2022 (See Tables 8A and 8B).
There were six days in February 2023 where the maximum daily temperature at Dublin airport was 12^oC or higher compared with only one day in February 2022 (See Tables 7A and 7B).

Statistician's Comment

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (03 May 2023) published Networked Gas Daily Consumption February 2023.

Commenting on the release Dympna Corry, Statistician in the Environment and Climate Division, said: "Total metered gas consumption was 4,586 gigawatt hours (GWh) for February 2023 which was 8% higher than the corresponding figure for February 2022 (See Table 1).

Gas consumed by power plants to generate electricity in February 2023 was 33% higher than in February 2022 and 17% higher than in February 2021 (See Table 1).

Gas consumed by non-daily metered customers was 19% lower than in February 2022 and 24% lower than in February 2021 (See Table 1).

Mean daily wind speeds at Dublin airport in February 2023 were lower than the corresponding day in February 2022 on 24 of the 28 days in the month (see Tables 8A and 8B). The lower wind speeds reduce the amount of electricity that can be generated by wind farms and consequently result in more electricity being generated by power plants."

Meteorological data

This release includes information on the maximum daily air temperature at Dublin airport and the daily mean wind speed at Dublin airport (See Tables 7A, 7B, 8A and 8B). The amount of wind influences the balance between electricity generated from natural gas and from wind turbines. The maximum daily air temperature impacts on household heating demand on colder days.

Tables and Graphs

Table 1 Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Month, Customer Type and Year 2021-2023

Table 2A Metered Natural Gas Consumption by All Meters by Day 2023

Table 2B Metered Natural Gas Consumption by All Meters by Day 2022

Table 3A Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Power Plants by Day 2023

Table 3B Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Power Plants by Day 2022

Table 4A Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Non-Daily Metered Customers by Day 2023

Table 4B Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Non-Daily Metered Customers by Day 2022

Table 5A Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Large Daily Metered Customers by Day 2023

Table 5B Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Large Daily Metered Customers by Day 2022

Table 6A Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Daily Metered Customers by Day 2023

Table 6B Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Daily Metered Customers by Day 2022

Table 7A Met Eireann Maximum Daily Air Temperature at Dublin Airport 2023

Table 7B Met Eireann Maximum Daily Air Temperature at Dublin Airport 2022

Table 8A Met Eireann Mean Wind Speed at Dublin Airport 2023

Table 8B Met Eireann Mean Wind Speed at Dublin Airport 2022

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Table 1 Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Month, Customer Type and Year 2021-2023
Gigawatt hours
Month	Non-Daily Metered Customers			Daily Metered Customers			Large Daily Metered Customers			Power Plants			Total
Month	2021	2022	2023	2021	2022	2023	2021	2022	2023	2021	2022	2023	2021	2022	2023
January	1,958	1,711	1,605	336	341	333	437	381	366	3,149	3,112	2,906	5,881	5,545	5,210
February	1,589	1,489	1,213	315	311	296	482	430	393	2,292	2,024	2,684	4,677	4,255	4,586
March	1,387	1,333		320	345		581	525		2,995	2,763		5,283	4,966
April	1,092	989		311	314		611	552		2,842	3,027		4,855	4,882
May	846	559		298	280		629	575		2,412	3,154		4,185	4,568
June	375	394		244	263		584	542		2,820	3,235		4,023	4,434
July	304	300		237	230		533	510		3,152	3,616		4,226	4,657
August	353	280		241	231		529	489		3,103	3,737		4,227	4,737
September	378	410		245	245		521	467		2,841	3,127		3,985	4,249
October	824	689		283	270		485	485		2,548	2,604		4,140	4,047
November	1,360	1,093		318	294		450	466		2,782	2,729		4,910	4,582
December	1,609	1,669		341	339		373	377		2,672	3,245		4,995	5,630

Year	12,073	10,916	2,817	3,489	3,463	629	6,215	5,800	759	33,609	36,372	5,589	55,386	56,552	9,796

Table 2A Metered Natural Gas Consumption by All Meters by Day 2023
Gigawatt hours
Day	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Year
1	181	147
2	160	135
3	121	161
4	125	161
5	119	152
6	137	172
7	111	209
8	117	180
9	149	194
10	121	182
11	128	194
12	123	156
13	142	156
14	118	135
15	180	151
16	221	146
17	225	137
18	224	111
19	243	114
20	216	149
21	155	165
22	187	170
23	212	196
24	199	184
25	190	178
26	213	158
27	218	195
28	200	198
29	137
30	184
31	152

Month	5,210	4,586

Table 2B Metered Natural Gas Consumption by All Meters by Day 2022
Gigawatt hours
Day	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Year
1	94	143	188	181	172	166	156	114	167	102	144	184	1,811
2	95	177	165	163	181	176	134	98	160	160	139	197	1,844
3	114	140	173	151	179	156	133	142	152	116	179	189	1,824
4	181	162	196	129	164	142	144	136	95	129	175	144	1,797
5	203	122	174	127	170	162	152	140	98	125	124	189	1,788
6	146	128	155	129	176	157	138	133	138	101	105	220	1,726
7	179	144	138	169	173	147	161	137	149	114	117	230	1,857
8	127	163	132	190	129	125	165	162	145	121	140	241	1,840
9	162	189	187	183	114	125	161	167	149	92	133	255	1,917
10	180	195	141	118	116	106	163	167	143	152	108	229	1,819
11	196	163	165	143	138	94	157	159	130	137	133	234	1,849
12	206	132	137	215	138	119	155	168	140	154	103	248	1,915
13	226	163	127	195	136	180	156	167	142	149	130	225	1,996
14	232	159	174	169	169	178	165	164	145	141	135	240	2,071
15	194	163	169	182	143	175	167	155	145	98	178	259	2,029
16	185	128	185	140	140	159	147	136	153	118	199	237	1,928
17	211	175	147	147	139	159	140	162	159	136	191	198	1,965
18	188	156	126	172	110	133	155	150	152	139	196	128	1,806
19	188	142	111	208	114	116	154	137	161	123	158	118	1,729
20	230	133	142	174	124	167	159	116	152	147	147	129	1,820
21	225	161	153	144	140	178	168	162	115	142	172	165	1,925
22	200	140	152	123	131	175	163	168	152	145	199	208	1,956
23	176	134	179	115	161	171	106	173	162	154	145	134	1,810
24	231	155	188	120	154	145	95	166	145	151	144	123	1,819
25	229	155	178	175	118	103	114	173	120	142	158	112	1,778
26	158	118	134	181	130	103	168	188	106	131	107	130	1,654
27	200	119	151	188	168	133	171	178	138	138	125	118	1,827
28	146	194	182	195	161	128	167	156	163	127	211	111	1,942
29	148		184	194	142	177	149	154	170	103	196	129	1,745
30	141		167	160	164	178	144	159	103	111	189	135	1,650
31	153		166		175		152	148		148		172	1,113

Month	5,545	4,255	4,966	4,882	4,568	4,434	4,657	4,737	4,249	4,047	4,582	5,630	56,552

Table 3A Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Power Plants by Day 2023
Gigawatt hours
Day	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Year
1	123	72
2	90	64
3	52	95
4	56	100
5	53	85
6	66	104
7	48	136
8	54	103
9	70	115
10	50	109
11	52	132
12	50	94
13	66	86
14	48	69
15	107	84
16	134	81
17	127	76
18	129	55
19	148	59
20	124	87
21	82	103
22	122	98
23	142	122
24	131	113
25	120	111
26	137	93
27	140	117
28	129	120
29	71
30	109
31	76

Month	2,906	2,684

Table 3B Metered Natural Gas Consumption by Power Plants by Day 2022
Gigawatt hours
Day	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	Year
1	43	67	104	102	122	122	115	84	132	65	90	117	1,163
2	39	104	82	95	133	131	98	66	125	122	75	128	1,199
3	50	67	95	86	126	112	99	110	119	73	115	126	1,177
4	94	77	115	60	115	100	107	101	64	88	111	78	1,110
5	109	45	98	60	123	119	115	106	64	80	72	113	1,104
6	54	57	81	59	126	118	101	102	103	56	54	139	1,049
7	83	66	50	95	127	104	124	107	115	68	59	144	1,143
8	52	88	46	113	89	83	130	130	109	79	84	149	1,153
9	87	110	101	116	64	82	129	136	114	51	73	156	1,218
10	105	107	59	51	69	66	133	135	110	100	52	141	1,128
11	116	72	86	72	89	57	123	127	97	85	83	146	1,154
12	126	60	63	145	86	81	121	138	105	104	56	147	1,233
13	138	92	58	137	89	137	123	138	106	97	85	126	1,327
14	147	75	93	109	127	137	130	136	107	90	80	146	1,379
15	120	80	90	127	102	136	133	124	108	51	119	160	1,350
16	113	52	109	87	96	120	116	103	114	66	135	139	1,251
17	120	91	80	96	92	121	113	128	122	83	121	115	1,284
18	103	63	60	116	65	96	125	117	117	85	126	56	1,128
19	106	63	49	147	68	79	122	103	124	69	90	51	1,071
20	142	58	80	115	77	129	125	84	116	98	85	55	1,165
21	140	76	87	90	99	141	133	132	77	94	101	90	1,260
22	126	61	90	66	92	138	129	136	114	103	126	136	1,317
23	103	53	119	65	116	133	73	139	122	113	72	65	1,174
24	150	64	128	74	109	106	66	132	107	103	73	58	1,170
25	148	70	121	117	73	65	81	138	81	92	87	58	1,131
26	78	42	89	123	86	68	134	153	63	82	49	64	1,032
27	126	49	100	130	124	92	136	146	91	90	69	53	1,206
28	70	115	123	135	122	89	133	125	116	81	140	46	1,294
29	81		123	135	103	137	115	121	123	63	125	58	1,185
30	70		95	104	117	138	114	125	58	69	120	71	1,080
31	72		87		127		120	114		103		114	738

Month	3,112	2,024	2,763	3,027	3,154	3,235	3,616	3,737	3,127	2,604	2,729	3,245	36,372

Networked Gas Daily Consumption February 2023