Energy Balances in Ireland

County Tipperary Energy and Emissions Balance 2007

The Tipperary had completed an Energy and Emissions Balance in 2000. This study has been updated as part of the MOVE project in 2007.  The aim of the Energy and Emissions Balance is to produce an overview of the current energy consumption and energy related emissions by sector and fuel for the study area.

 

The Energy and Emissions Balance highlights the size of the Transport sector's share in the energy consumption and the CO2 emissions. In 2005, Transport accounted for 44% of the energy consumption in County Tipperary, and 36% of the CO2 emissions.

 

As a consequence, oil is the predominant fuel. Oil accounted for 72% of the energy consumption in County Tipperary in 2005, and for 60% of the CO2 emissions.

 

Transport has emerged as the dominant sector. There are significant challenges for Ireland to reach the Kyoto targets (County Tipperary will be 704,000 tonnes above Kyoto target in 2010 - according to the Business as Usual projections). But there is also a significant potential for action -only within the transport sector, the Tipperary Climate Change Strategy aims to reduce his emissions in 88,000 tonnes of CO2- and the MOVE project will use this potential.