Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) collects and publishes energy statistics to support policy analysis and development in line with national needs and international obligations. SEI has provided the data set out in the following table on the amount of electricity generated by fossil fuel generating plants and the amount of related CO2 emissions per megawatt hour for each of the past ten years. The overall downward trend in carbon emissions reflects the increased use of higher efficiency natural gas plants in the conventional powergeneration portfolio.
Electricity Generation from Fossil Fuels (gross)
Year
|
GWh of Electricity Produced
|
CO2 Emissions per MWh of Electricity Produced (kgs)
|
2007
|
25,116
|
566
|
2006
|
24,640
|
610
|
2005
|
23,752
|
645
|
2004
|
23,820
|
617
|
2003
|
23,722
|
639
|
2002
|
23,460
|
689
|
2001
|
23,605
|
715
|
2000
|
22,488
|
692
|
1999
|
20,641
|
742
|
1998
|
19,708
|
738
|
SEI advise that the gross figures shown do not take into account own use by generation plants of electricity nor do they take account of electricity system transmission and distribution losses.