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Ireland sets ambitious course for carbon-free energy system

Xinhua, December 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

Ireland on Wednesday published an energy white paper, identifying actions to reduce its energy-related carbon emissions by between 80 percent and 95 percent by 2050, compared to 1990 levels.

The white paper, "Ireland's Transition to a Low-Carbon Energy Future 2015-2030," says high-carbon fuels like peat and coal will give way to lower-carbon or renewable alternatives in the short to medium term, before fossil fuels are largely replaced by renewable energy sources by 2050.

It also says greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector will "fall to zero or below by 2100."

At the launch of the white paper, Alex White, minister for communications, energy, and natural resources, said the Irish government had, for the first time, set its course on the eventual elimination of fossil fuels from the country's energy system.

He said the white paper set out "the changes that we will all make in the coming five, ten, and twenty years." Endit