here<\/a><\/b><\/p>\nHeat pumps <\/b><\/p>\n
The SEAI says the key levers for faster progress include more wind and solar, heat pumps, home energy upgrades, expanded public and active travel, district heating and a strengthened electricity grid.<\/p>\n
The report shows that heat pumps in Ireland delivered more renewable energy last year than all solar farms and rooftop solar panels combined.<\/p>\n
Greenhouse gas emissions from transport are down 5.3% compared with 2018.<\/p>\n
That is an average of 0.9% per year which is well below the reduction rate needed to stay on target.<\/p>\n
SEAI says a significant shift from private car use to active travel and public transport is needed, particularly for shorter journeys.<\/p>\n
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\nHeat pumps are among the key levers for faster progress, the SEAI said<\/p>\n
It notes that positive progress has been made in public and active transport infrastructure, with the rollout of cycleways, Local Link, BusConnects, and the sign-off of DART+ and the Luas extension.<\/p>\n
It says this investment needs to continue with the delivery of further projects, including the long-awaited MetroLink.<\/p>\n
The biggest and fastest reductions in greenhouse gas emissions have been delivered by the electricity generation sector.<\/p>\n
The phasing out of peat, coal and significant volumes of gas-fired electricity, have all been made possible through increased renewable generation as well as an increase of almost 55% in net imports of electricity from the UK last year.<\/p>\n
The data shows that Ireland imported net 10% or more of its gross electricity supply in 23 of the 24 months between October 2023 and September 2025.<\/p>\n
In June 2025, net imports accounted for almost one quarter of Ireland’s utility-scale gross electricity supply.<\/p>\n
In May 2025, net imports accounted for more electricity supply than was generated by wind.<\/p>\n
The report highlights the rapidly growing impact of solar farms and rooftop solar panels which delivered a 70% increase in solar electricity last year.<\/p>\n
Overall, 41% of electricity now comes from wind, solar, and other renewables.<\/p>\n
The report highlights that by moving away from fossil fuels, Ireland is moving towards a more secure, healthier, more competitive economy and society.<\/p>\n
SEAI Chief Executive William Walsh said everything Ireland wants to achieve flows from the energy it uses, and today’s results show what is possible.<\/p>\n
“We’re making progress, and by accelerating delivery – in grid investment and offshore wind infrastructure in particular, we can do a lot more to secure affordable energy for homes and businesses across Ireland,” he said.<\/p>\n
“Our National Retrofit Programme upgraded around 60,000 homes this year, making them warmer and more comfortable to live in, while also helping with energy bills,” he added.<\/p>\n
Data centres <\/b><\/p>\n
Ireland’s electricity demand has grown every year for the last decade, and data centres have been the key factor driving the extra demand.<\/p>\n
They have been responsible for 88.2% of the increase in electricity used in Ireland\u2019s between 2015 and 2024.<\/p>\n
Last year alone electricity usage by data centres was up 10%.<\/p>\n
They now account for 21.2% of all electricity demand in Ireland.<\/p>\n
This is a seven times greater proportion than the EU average, which according to the European Commission, is 3%.<\/p>\n
Without the growth in data centres, net electricity demand in Ireland would have been relatively constant, up only about 5% over the past nine years.<\/p>\n
Including the data centres however, the overall growth in annual electricity demand over the past nine years in Ireland has been about 27%.<\/p>\n
2015 was the first year for which the CSO publish metered electricity consumption of data centres.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new report from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) says that although energy related emissions in…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":452774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[746,159,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-452773","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-unitedstates","12":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115733846636098443","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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