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The indicator shows the final consumption of energy by end users for all energy uses.
The graph shows that Ireland’s final energy consumption peaked in 2008. Energy demand subsequently reduced during the economic recession and has since increased in all sectors, although it remains below 2008 levels.
The graph includes a country-specific final energy consumption (FEC) target of – 16.8% below the 2005 baseline figure of 12.6 Mtoe (target 10.5 Mtoe). This target is based on an assessment by the European Commission of the targets from the draft updated NECPs.
Ireland’s latest NECP provides a With Existing Measures (WEM) projection of 13.3 Mtoe and a With Additional Measures (WAM) projection of 12.5 Mtoe. The latter is 2.0 Mtoe higher than Ireland’s indicative national energy efficiency contribution. Therefore, Ireland is not on track to meet the target of 10.5 Mtoe based on the most recent projections.
References and footnotes
- ↵Directive (EU) 2023/1791 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2023 on energy efficiency and amending Regulation (EU) 2023/955 (recast) (Energy Efficiency Directive), OJ L 231, 20.9.2023, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2023/1791/oj.
- ↵DECC, Ireland’s integrated national energy and climate plan 2021–2030, Dublin, 2024, https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/a856a-national-energy-and-climate-plan-necp-2021-2030/.