1. Energy in Ireland 1990 – 2004 Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources

2. Energy Policy Statistical Support Unit (EPSSU) Collect, process and publish energy statistics Conduct statistical and economic analyses of energy services and sustainable energy options Contribute to the development and promulgation of appropriate sustainability indicators

3. Economic, energy and CO 2 emissions growth

4. Total Primary Energy Requirement (TPER) by Fuel

5. Energy Flow in 2004

6. Electricity Generation 2004

7. CO 2 Emissions per kWh of Electricity Supplied

8. CO 2 Emissions from Industry “Upstream”CO 2 emissions On-site CO 2 emissions

9. Transport emissions by mode

10. Services energy use by fuel

11. Residential energy use by fuel

12. Energy Import Dependency

13. Energy Exp / Direct Costs

14. Energy Exp / Direct Costs - GVA

15. Energy Exp / Direct Costs – CO 2

16. Sensitivity to price changes w.r.t. costs 96% of industrial GVA (€34 billion) in 2001 was produced by enterprises spending less than 4% of their direct costs on energy. These account for 61% of enegy-related CO 2 and 96% of industrial employment 211 enterprises (4%) have energy costs in excess of 5% of their direct costs (34% of CO 2 emissions). 10 enterprises with energy bill greater than 20% of costs, account for 15% of energy expenditure, 18% of energy-related emissions, 0.5% of GVA and 0.5% of employment. 97% of industrial GVA was generated by enterprises for which fuel costs represented no more than 2% of direct costs. A total 14 firms have a fuel to direct cost ratio of more than 10%. These 14 accounted for 34% of fuel related CO 2 emissions.

17. Renewable Energy Contribution to TPER

18. Renewable Energy Contribution to Gross Electricity Consumption target 2010 13.2% 2004 5.1%

19. Conclusion Energy growth decoupling from economic growth – efficiency (transport being the exception) CO 2 emissions decoupling from energy growth – fuel switching Transport and Services the fastest growing sectors Import dependency at 87% The energy bill of most manufacturing companies represents a very small proportion of their cost base.

20. Energy in Ireland 1990 – 2004 Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources Thank you.