Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy
Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council
2:00 am
Ms Meabh Gallagher:
That is fundamental to the TIMES-Ireland model used to model the energy system scenarios. It is a technology optimisation model which essentially finds the most low-cost technology solution to achieving the emissions reductions. That is correct. An output and key finding of the model is that electrification of the fleet is the low-hanging fruit in achieving emissions reduction in the transport sector. The assumption is no further sales of internal combustion engines from the end of this year, with full electrification of the fleet in 2040.
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