Energy and Energy Statistics in Ireland

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• Energy and Energy Statistics in Ireland
• Central Statistics Office Ireland

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Introduction

• Paul J Crowley
• Head of Business Statistics Integration
  International Relations
• Central Statistics Office Ireland

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Central Statistics Office Ireland

• National Statistical Authority
• Statistics Act 1993 - Legal Mandate
• the collection, compilation,extraction and
  dissemination for statistical purposes of
  information relating to economic, social and
  general activities and conditions of the state

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Energy Statistics

• Responsible for most official statistics
• but for Energy Statistics -gt
• Sustainable Energy Ireland

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Sustainable Energy Ireland

• Principle body responsible for energy statistics
  and acts as an agent for the CSO
• Energy Statistics Co-ordination Group

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Increased Co-ordination

• Business Statistics Integration
• Responsibility for improved co-ordination and
  co-operation with SEI

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The Importance of Energy

• Dependency on Energy - heat, light, transport,
  economic development
• Finite Resources
• Environmental Issues
• Efficiency
• Security of Supply

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Ministry of Communications, Marine Natural
Resources

• Ministry of Communications, Marine Natural
  Resources
• Electricity Supply Board
• Eirgrid
• Bord Gas Eireann
• Commission for Energy Regulation
• Bord Na Mona
• National Oil Reserves Agency
• Sustainable Energy Ireland

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Sustainable Energy Ireland

• Promote and assist the development of sustainable
  energy
• National Climate Change Strategy
• Energy Efficiency
• Compilation of energy statistics

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SEI Statistics Division

• Energy Policy Statistical Support Unit
• - energy statistics - support national needs,
  international obligations and for policy analysis
• - development of sustainability indicators

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SEI Legal Mandate

• (a) co-operate with the CSO and acting as an
  agent of that Office
• (b) the compilation, extraction and dissemination
  of information and projections relating to energy
  production and use
• gt Energy Statistics Co-ordination Group

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The Energy Market in Ireland

• Limited Natural Resources
• Dependency on imported energy
• Limited Competition
• Alternative Energy - low base
• Dependence on oil gas

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Energy
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Market Summary

• Oil 56 of total energy consumption
• Gas 24 of total energy consumption
• 90 of energy imported
• Alternative Energy - low

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Total Primary Energy Requirement
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Environmental Issues

• The environmental impact of energy consumption
• Non renewable energy
• Kyoto Protocol - greenhouse gas emissions
• Sustainable Energy
• Efficiency

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Security of Supply

• Import dependency
• Fuel diversity
• Integrity of supply
• Integrity of infrastructure

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Import Dependency
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Users of Energy Statistics

• Energy Environment Policy Makers
• Regulators
• Commentators
• Market Analysts
• Energy Industry
• Trade Representative Associations
• Researcher/Academics
• NGO
• Statisticians

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Data Requirements

• National Policy Requirements
• EU Requirements
• Other International Obligations
• Needs already meet policy needs yet to be
  addressed
• Energy Indicators

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Challenges

• Market Liberalisation
• Legal basis for energy statistics
• Level of detail insufficient
• Measurement
• Development of indicators
• New energy sources
• Defining what are the data needs

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Conclusion

• Ireland welcomes the opportunity to participate
  in the work of the UN City Group on Energy
  Statistics