Sluggish Ireland can 'just about' make 2030 emissions targets

Noel Cunniffe, CEO of Wind Energy Ireland, said: “Hitting our 2030 targets, cutting our carbon emissions by 51%, is still just about possible but we are not moving fast enough."

Ireland is “not moving fast enough” to hit its 2030 carbon emissions target, but it’s “still just about possible”, according to the country’s largest renewable energy organisation.

A new report published by Wind Energy Ireland says that the Irish electricity sector can only meet the Government’s carbon emissions target of a 51% cut by the end of the decade if there is a complete transformation of its planning system and grid policies.