Dublin Region Energy Master Plan

About the project

The Dublin Region Energy Master Plan is a key project supporting Codema’s energy planning work. The master plan is the first of its kind in Ireland, providing realistic, costed pathways for the Dublin Region to achieve its carbon emission reduction targets to 2030 and 2050. These pathways have been based on detailed local-level, spatially-driven energy scenario modelling and identify low-carbon technologies specific to the energy characteristics of a particular area at a local level, which has not been carried out before for any county in Ireland.

The master plan addresses all energy sectors of electricity, heat and transport, and crucially has been modelled not just from a spatial and technology perspective but also from a socio-economic point of view. This project also identifies and supports the use of low-carbon sources local to Dublin, develops and harnesses new, local-level energy policy practices, and strengthens Ireland’s integrated energy system modelling capabilities. To do this, the master plan brings together and amalgamates, for the first time, all the relevant government and various energy-related departments’ plans and policies together to show their impact at a county/local level.