cleaner energy, cleaner air - dr e cotter
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Cleaner Energy, Cleaner Air
Dr. Eimear Cotter
Clean Air Conference – 28th September 2015
Change in overall primary energy fuel mix
Coal 22%
Peat 14.5%
Oil 46.6%
Gas 15.2%
Renewables 1.8%
Coal 9.9%
Peat 5.4%
Oil 47%
Gas 29%
Renewables 6.8%
1990
Coal
Peat
Oil
Natural Gas
Renewables
2013
Coal
Peat
Oil
Natural Gas
Renewables
Electricity
Decreasing air pollutants.…..
Source : Environmental Protection Agency (2015)
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10
20
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60
19
90
19
91
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92
19
93
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94
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95
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96
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20
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20
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No
x, kto
nn
es
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0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
PM
2.5
, kto
nn
es
NOX
PM2.5
Heat
Renewable thermal energy as a % of total
thermal energy
60% 25%
15%
Industry
Residential
Services
Energy efficiency first…
• Energy efficiency – the hidden fuel
Renewable Heat
Transport
Transport
1079
EVs to
date in
2015
4.9% biofuels
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland is partly
financed by Ireland’s EU Structural Funds Programme co-
funded by the Irish Government and the European Union.
Eimear Cotter