Bioenergy Implementation Plan - South-East Regional Authority

Table 5.1: Estimated Energy Balance for the South-East Region
Units=TJ COAL PEAT OIL NAT GAS RENEWABLES Biomass ELECTRICITY TOTAL % of total
Total Final 1,703 1,282 38,358 6,879 0 872 9,603 58,697
Energy
Consumption (TFC)
Industry Note 2 624 0 3,470 2,950 0 769 3,620 11,433 19.48
Transport
Road Transport Note 3 0 0 16,180 0 0 15 0 16,195 27.59
Public Passenger 0 0 9,635 0 0 0 36 9,671 16.48
Services, Rail,
Domestic Aviation,
International Aviation,
Fuel, Tourism,
Unspecified Note 1
Residential Note 4 988 1,282 5,141 2,853 0 77 3,137 13,478 22.96
Commercial/
Public Services Note 5 91 0 2,096 1,076 0 11 2,455 5,729 9.76
Agricultural Note 6 0 0 1,836 0 0 0 355 2,191 3.73
Note 1
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Note 5
Note 6
Assumptions based on the fact that 10.87% of the national population resides in the South-East Region
Based on 1997 data showing that the South-East contains 11.2% of people employed in the industrial sector
11.85% of road vehicles (private cars/motorcycles and goods vehicles) are registered in the South-East Region
Based on 2002 data: 10.78% of private households are in the South-East Region
Based on 1997 data showing that the South-East contains 8.4% of people employed in the commercial/public sectors
16% of agricultural land lies in the South-East Region
5.2. Regional Fuel Consumption
What is immediately apparent from the estimated energy balance is the almost total reliance of the South-East Region
on imported energy supplies. Table 5.2 provides a breakdown of the level of fuel consumption in the Region and the
estimated regional CO2 emissions. The vast majority of energy consumption in the Region is supplied by oil (65.3%),
with natural gas being the next most popular source of energy (11.7%). Electricity supplies 16.4% of the energy in the
Region and the one ESB power plant located within the South-East, at Great Island, Co. Wexford, is an oil-fired plant.
Biomass currently supplies 1.5% of the Region’s energy requirements and is consumed solely in the Industrial and
Residential sectors for the production of heat.
Table 5.2: Fuel Consumption & Estimated CO 2 Emissions in the South-East Region
Fuel Type % Consumption in CO2 Emissions
the SE Region
(M tonne)
Coal 2.9 0.19
Peat 2.2 0.13
Oil 65.3 2.82
Natural Gas 11.7 0.33
Renewables 0.0
Note 1
Biomass 1.5
Note 1
Electricity 16.4 1.58
TOTAL 5.05
Note 1:
For the purpose of this assessment, renewable fuels are assumed to be carbon neutral
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