Image: Shutterstock/Seth ballard Image: Shutterstock/Seth ballard IRELAND LOOKS SET to miss its 2020 renewable energy targets and ranks second last out of 28 European countries on progress so far, according to a new report from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland .
Out of the 27 EU member states, plus the UK, Ireland had made the second lowest progress towards hitting the targets, with only the Netherlands performing worse. Electricity, transport and heat The report examined energy consumption under three headings: electricity, transport and heat. Ireland performed reasonably well on the electricity front, coming in 12th of the 28 countries by generating 33% of its energy from renewable sources.
The vast majority of renewable energy in transport came from biofuels blended with petrol and diesel, with renewable electricity used by DART, Luas and electric vehicles accounting for just 1%. Commenting on the report, Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Richard Bruton was keen to stress that the 2018 data predated his climate action plan which, he says, will help to rectify Ireland’s poor performance.
This suggests the targets were ridiculous in the first place (which they were)
lets Talk about fossil fuels wasted to airlift migrant workers into Ireland on chartered flights. Or the fuel wasted importing foreign food that used to be grown in Ireland.
Good. Time to forget this nonsense.
The Journal back at it again reporting the obvious
Don't tell me Greta is coming over.
Emission reductions are what matter.
It's irrelevant .Factually & truly
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