Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action
Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion
Dr. Aoife O'Grady:
In terms of accounting in the transport sector, that is the way the country accounting works. The energy from them is accounted for in the energy emissions sector. They have zero tailpipe emissions and the transport sector's emissions calculation comes from fuel sold in the country. That is petrol and diesel fuel.
If they are using electricity and that electricity is 80% renewable, that is accounted for on the electricity and energy side rather than the transport side. I agree with the Chairman that they are not fully zero-emission, but they have zero tailpipe emissions and transport tends to count the tailpipe emissions in terms of carbon accounting.