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Country : IRELAND
Task Force Project list

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIST BELOW IS A PRELIMINARY LIST PREPARED ON A BEST EFFORTS BASIS. THE LIST IS INTENTED TO BE A CROSS SECTION OF IRISH PROJECTS AND HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED BY GOVERNMENT.
THIS VERSION OF IRELAND'S LIST CAN BE PUBLISHED AS PART OF THE ANNEX TO THE TASK FORCE'S FINAL REPORT
Total
Included in investment Investment
in 2015 –
Sector Subsector Private / Project name Implementing agency Description national Status cost 2017 Barriers/solutions
Public / PPP investment
plan (yes/no) (EUR million) (EUR million)
Interconnector with France of high cross border
Connections Cross Border Eirgrid/RTE (French strategic importance creating surety of supply and
Energy Union and production private Interconnector Transmission system greater competition. Total project size is EUR 1,200 No planning stage
owner) million but Eirgrids share is EUR 600 million.

Twinning of the Ireland/Scotland gas interconnector at
Energy Union Connections private Cross Border Bord Gais Networks Moffat. Improve cross border security of supply to No planning stage
and production Interconnector Irish and Northern Ireland markets.
Interconnector with Northern Ireland. High strategic
Energy Union Connections private Cross Border Eirgrid importance for better security of supply and increased No planning stage
and production Interconnection
market competition
Connections Shannon LNG
Energy Union and production private Terminal private sector company Security of supply and greater competition. No planning stage

Public Sector buildings. Increasing energy efficiency in
the public sector is a key element of EU energy policy
Department of and will play a major role in delivering on the 2020
Connections Energy Efficiency Communications, Energy and 2030 energy and climate change targets.There are
Energy Union private and Natural Resources / approximately 10,000 buildings in the Irish public No project design stage
and production Fund Sustainable Energy sector, with a total annual energy cost of 600m. This
Authority of Ireland investment would reduce Ireland’s energy
consumption, help to meet our legally binding climate
targets and replace imported fossil fuels

Private Sector Poverty Retrofit Programme. Improve
energy efficiency, reduce energy use and make energy
Department of more affordable.More than 400,000 homes in Ireland
Connections Energy Efficiency Communications, Energy are in receipt of income support payments due to
Energy Union and production private Fund and Natural Resources / being in energy poverty .A large scale deep renovation No project design stage
programme would lower national energy
Sustainable Energy
Authority of Ireland consumption, reduce energy poverty and the need for
ongoing income supports and boost domestic
employment















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