CELTIC TIGER’S COMPLETE ENERGY PLAN

SEAI energy roadmaps point the way to a sustainable energy future for Ireland; Future energy system could generate fuel import savings of up to €7.5 billion by 2050
15 December 2011 (Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland)

"The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)… unveiled three energy roadmaps to 2050 focusing on the potential benefits of Ireland moving to a future energy system where electricity, managed via a smart-grid, and increasingly generated by wind, meets more of the country’s energy needs, in particular for heat and transport. The roadmaps, which are developed to inform energy policy in Ireland, demonstrate the potential to: positively exploit…abundant, indigenous energy resources; create employment and reduce…CO2 emissions; and over dependence on costly imported fossil fuels."

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"The series of energy roadmaps relate to Smart-grid, Wind Energy and Electric Vehicles – from 2011 to 2050. Potential benefits by 2050 include fuel import savings of between €3.8 billion and €7.5 billion, 1.8 million electric vehicles on Irish roads reducing transport fossil fuel imports by 50%, and Irish wind energy contributing 2.5% to EU electricity demand and offsetting up to €10 billion of fossil fuel requirement…"