Ireland
Climate targets: Energy
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16% renewable of total energy consumed by 2020
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40% elecricity from renewables by 2020
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20% energy efficiency improvement (31,925 GWh saved energy) by 2020 against a 2009 baseline
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33% energy efficiency improvement in public sector by 2020 against a 2009 baseline
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(GHG) emissions from the energy sector will be reduced by between 80% and 95%, compared to 1990 levels, by 2050, and will fall to zero or below by 2100 by 2050, 2100 against a 2015 baseline
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Achieving at least 32.5% improvement in energy efficiency by 2030.
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Ireland's 2020 renewable energy target is to increase the share of national energy consumption made up of renewable energy sources (RES) to 16%. This target is broken into three key sectors with individual targets for each sector: 40% of electricity supply (RES-E), 12% of heating (RES-H), and 10% of transport (RES-T) by 2020 against a 2015 baseline
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To achieve a 34% share of renewable energy in energy consumption by 2030.
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To increase electricity generated from renewable sources to 70%.
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