Ireland
Ireland's National Energy and Climate Plan
Executive
Plan
Passed in 2020
The plan establishes key measures to address the five dimensions of the EU Energy Union :
1) Decarbonisation : to reduce emissions from sectors outside the EU's Emissions Trading System, carbon pricing to create behavioural change and avoid locking in carbon intensive technologies, eliminate non-recyclable plastic and impose higher fees on the production of materials which are difficult to recycle, promote the increased use of domestic harvested wood in longer lived product, mainstream biodiversity across the decision making process in the State, increase electricity generated from renewable sources to 70%, etc;
2) Energy efficiency : to set stricter requirements for new buildings and substantial refurbishment, 600,000 heatpumps installed over the period 2021-2030, scale-up and improve the Sustainable Energy Communities and Better Energy Communities, etc;
3) Energy security : to support efforts to increase indigenous renewable sources in the energy mix, including wind, solar and bioenergy, etc;
4) Internal energy market : continue to deepen the integration of IRL’s wholesale electricity market and its regulation with the EU internal energy market (IEM), etc;
5) Research, innovation and competitivenes : to increase investment in knowledge-based capital, to strengthen delivery of public funding for basic and applied research to meet Ireland’s decarbonisation objectives, etc.
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To reduce emissions from sectors outside the EU's Emissions Trading System by 30% compared to 2005.
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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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Achieving at least 32.5% improvement in energy efficiency by 2030.
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annual 7% GHG emission reduction between 2021 and 2030
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Reduce emissions from sectors outside the EU's Emissions Trading System by 30% (relative to 2005 levels) by 2030
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34% share of renewable energy in energy consumption by 2030
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70% renewable electricity generation by 2030
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At least 3.5 GW of offshore renewable energy by 2030
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Up to 1.5 GW of grid scale solar energy by 2030
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Onshore wind capacity of up to 8.2 GW by 2030
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936,000 EVs by 2030
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500,000 homes retrofitted to a B2 Building Energy Rating or cost optimal equivalent by 2030
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One third of commercial (including mixed use) buildings to have a B BER (or carbon equivalent gains) by 2030
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600,000 heat pumps installed over the period 2021-2030
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A 50% energy efficiency target for the Public Sector by 2030
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an average of 8,000 ha per annum of newly planted forest between 2021-2030
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at least 40,000 ha per annum of reduced management intensity of grasslands on drained organic soils
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Reduce CO2 eq. emissions from the electricity sector by 50–55% relative to 2030 Pre-NDP projections
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Reduce CO2 eq. emissions from the transport sector by 45–50% relative to 2030 pre-NDP projections
from the Grantham Research Institute
from the Grantham Research Institute
