Renewable electricity can help reduce Ireland’s exposure to imported fossil fuels and volatile energy markets.
The Council's latest Review highlights the role of renewable delivery and grid infrastructure in strengthening energy security.
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Ireland’s renewable electricity capacity continues to grow.
By end-2025, 7.7GW had been installed. In 2025, 0.8GW of new onshore wind and solar was added.
Around 2GW of new onshore renewable capacity is needed each year to meet 2030 targets.
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Today the Council published a working paper by Dr Eugene Farrell on 'Managing Coastal Risks in Ireland'.
The Council working papers represent unrefereed work-in-progress by researchers who are solely responsible for the content and any views expressed therein.
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The Council's Electricity Sectoral Review highlights key priorities for Ireland’s electricity system, including grid delivery, renewable energy planning, electricity resilience and maintaining climate obligations in infrastructure delivery.
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The @ccacireland.bsky.social added its name to a joint letter with other European advisory bodies calling for the preservation of the integrity and credibility of the EU ETS ahead of the review. You can read more here: tinyurl.com/snmcbz99
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Storm Éowyn showed how electricity outages can affect far more than power supply.
Water, telecommunications, health services and communities can all be impacted when electricity infrastructure is disrupted.
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Electricity emissions continued to fall in 2025.
The Council's Review finds emissions fell by around 8.9%, supported in part by imports, renewables and lower data centre demand.
It also highlights the role of grid infrastructure in using more renewable electricity.
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Chair of the @ccacireland.bsky.social Alex White spoke this morning at the @epaireland.bsky.social Climate Change Conference where he highlighted the importance of climate action in Ireland: "Climate action is only credible when it is collective, sustained and grounded in evidence." 🌍
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World Environment Day highlights how the transition to clean electricity is closely linked to affordability, energy security and resilience.
Our latest Review examines renewable electricity, fossil fuel dependence and electricity resilience.
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Chair of the @ccacireland.bsky.social Alex White also attended the Irish Green Building Council's Build Green Now 2026 conference where he outlined that the challenge in reducing emissions from the built environment sector is not strategy; it is speed, scale and delivery.
