GHG emissions

Companies (Emission Reporting) Bill 2021 by Colum Kenny

Companies (Emission Reporting) Bill 2021

A bill has been introduced which, if passed into Irish law, would require qualifying companies to make public disclosures on their greenhouse gas emissions. Read more

Alternative technologies for public transport fleets by Colum Kenny

Alternative technologies for public transport fleets

We evaluated the real-world environmental performance of seventeen alternative-fuel buses, including hybrids, electric buses, fuel cell hydrogen and compressed natural gas vehicles ... Read more

Public sector energy consumption in Ireland by Liam P. Ó Cléirigh

Public sector energy consumption in Ireland

The public sector, which spends €600m annually on energy, has improved its energy efficiency by 24%, avoiding 667,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions. Read more

Sustainability criteria for biomass by Shane Malone

Sustainability criteria for biomass

We identified appropriate sustainability criteria for biomass and determined how they could be used to promote the development of supply chains for sustainable biomass. Read more

Fuel Quality Directive - Ireland's progress by Liam P. Ó Cléirigh

Fuel Quality Directive - Ireland's progress

We analyse Ireland’s progress towards the recently adopted FQD target of reducing the greenhouse gas intensity of transport fuels by 6%. Read more

Fuel Quality Directive (FQD) target transposed by Shane Malone

Fuel Quality Directive (FQD) target transposed

Article 7a of the FQD has been transposed into Irish law. Fuel suppliers must reduce the carbon intensity of transport fuels by 6% by 2020, compared to a 2010 baseline. Read more

Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions targets by Liam P. Ó Cléirigh

Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions targets

We review the latest emissions inventory and projections, which indicate that Ireland will fall short of its 2020 target and will face a big gap to a proposed 2030 target. Read more

Fuel Quality Directive - a 'new' energy target for 2020 by Liam P. Ó Cléirigh

Fuel Quality Directive - a 'new' energy target for 2020

The adoption of the amended FQD will introduce a new target for the reduction of the greenhouse gas intensity of transport fuels throughout the EU by 2020. Read more