Renewable energy targets 'virtually unachieveable'

An environmental activist wearing a costume displays a placard in a hallway during the COP28 United Nations climate summit in Dubai on December 3, 2023. Picture: KARIM SAHIB / AFP

Ireland’s target of 80% renewable electricity by 2030 is virtually unachievable because of fractured planning and policy, according to nearly all experts in the industry.

A new report by KPMG, which comes as world leaders gather in Dubai for the Cop28 climate summit, found that 95% of experts believe Ireland’s Climate Action Plan’s renewable electricity target cannot be met.