This report “Energy in Ireland 2023 Report” prepared by Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland assesses how Ireland is contributing to many of the global challenges discussed at COP28. Around 60% of Ireland’s GHG emissions are energy-related, and many of the energy trends seen in 2022 and 2023 are sobering. Despite the excellent progress made on renewable electricity, the momentum on home retrofits, and the uptake of electric vehicles, Ireland remains highly dependent on imported fossil fuels to satisfy our energy needs.
Currently over 81% of energy is imported, and most of that is fossil fuel. The investments in energy efficiency and our development of indigenous renewable energy sources are slowly starting to break those dependencies. But the pace of that change is currently too slow to achieve our national and EU obligations, both in the near and longer term.
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