Natural Gas Imports were 2% lower in April 2024 compared with April 2023. Indigenous Production was 8% lower in April 2024 compared with April 2023 (See Tables 1B, 1C, and Figure 1).
Gas Imports represented 78% of total metered supply in April 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 April 2024 was 4,326 gigawatt hours (GWh), which was 3% lower than the April 2023 figure of 4,464 GWh. The April 2024 total gas demand was the lowest April demand figure in the 2018-2024 time series (See Table 2A).
Comparing April 2024 with April 2023, natural gas demand by customer category showed the following trends: Non-Daily Metered (+7%); Power Plants (-6%); Daily Metered (-4%), and Large Daily Metered (-4%) (See Tables 2B to 2E).
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 Imports represented 78% of total metered supply in April 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).
| 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 |
Total gas demand in April 2024 was 4,326 GWh, this was the lowest April demand figure in the 2018-2024 time series (See Table 2A).
| 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 |
Networked gas demand for April 2024 was lowest on 13 April 2024 with daily demand of 93 GWh and was highest on 02 April 2024 with daily demand of 191 GWh. The four days with the highest maximum daily air temperature at Dublin Airport were on 10-13 April, which may have been a factor in the lowest demand on 13 April 2024 (See Table 4A and Table 5).
The 15 April 2024 had a daily mean wind speed of 22.3 Knots recorded at Dublin Airport. This was the highest daily mean wind speed recorded at Dublin Airport in April 2024 which corresponds with the second lowest daily gas demand by Power Plants for April 2024 (See Table 4B and 6).
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Statistician's Comment
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (03 July 2024) published Networked Gas Daily Supply and Demand April 2024.
Commenting on the release, Deirdre Moran, Statistician in the Climate and Energy Division, said: "Total metered gas demand in April 2024 was 4,326 gigawatt hours (GWh), which was 3% lower than the April 2023 figure of 4,464 GWh (See Table 2A).
In April 2024, Power Plants accounted for 61% of total gas demand, down from 62% of total demand in April 2023. Non-Daily Metered represented 21% of total gas demand, up from 20% of total demand in April 2023 (See Tables 2A, 2B, 2C, and Figure 2).
Natural Gas Imports were 2% lower in April 2024 compared with April 2023. Indigenous Production was 8% lower in April 2024 compared with April 2023 (See Tables 1B, 1C, and Figure 1).
Total networked gas supply in April 2024 was 4,326 gigawatt hours (GWh). The April supply figure was 7% lower than the March 2024 figure of 4,660 GWh (See Table 1A).
Networked gas demand for April 2024 was lowest on 13 April 2024 with daily demand of 93 GWh and was highest on 02 April 2024 with daily demand of 191 GWh. The four days with the highest maximum daily air temperature at Dublin Airport were on 10-13 April, which may have been a factor in the lowest demand on 13 April 2024 (See Table 4A and Table 5).
In April 2024, there were 22 days with a higher daily mean wind speed at Dublin Airport than in April 2023. Higher wind speeds typically reduce the demand for gas by power plants because a higher proportion of metered electricity is generated from wind. This may have contributed to the 6% lower gas demand by power plants in April 2024 compared with April 2023 (See Table 2B and Table 6)."