Regional EU Sustainable Development Indicators for Ireland 2022

Energy consumption

Primary and final energy consumption

SDG_07_10 measures the total energy needs of a country excluding all non-energy use of energy carriers (e.g. natural gas used not for combustion but for producing chemicals). "Primary Energy Consumption" covers the energy consumption by end users such as industry, transport, households, services and agriculture, plus energy consumption of the energy sector itself for production and transformation of energies, losses occurring during the transformation of energies (e.g. the efficiency of electricity production from combustible fuels) and the transmission and distribution losses of energy). See Table 7.1 and Figure 7.1.

SDG_07_11 measures the energy end-use in a country excluding all non-energy use of energy carriers (e.g. natural gas used not for combustion but for producing chemicals). “Final energy consumption” only covers the energy consumed by end users, such as industry, transport, households, services and agriculture; it excludes energy consumption of the energy sector itself and losses occurring during transformation and distribution of energy. See Table 7.2 and Figure 7.2.

Final energy consumption in households per capita

SDG_07_20 measures how much electricity and heat every citizen consumes at home excluding energy used for transportation. Since the indicator refers to final energy consumption, only energy used by end consumers is considered. The related consumption of the energy sector itself is excluded. See Table 7.3 and Figure 7.3.

Energy productivity

SDG_07_30 measures the amount of economic output that is produced per unit of gross available energy. The gross available energy represents the quantity of energy products necessary to satisfy all demand of entities in the geographical area under consideration. The economic output is either given as in the unit of euros in chain-linked volumes to the reference year 2010 at 2010 exchange rates or in the unit Purchasing Power Standard (PPS). The former is used to observe the evolution over time for a specific region while the latter allows comparing member states in a given year. See Table 7.4 and Figure 7.4.

Energy supply

Share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption 

SDG_07_40 measures the share of renewable energy consumption in gross final energy consumption according to the Renewable Energy Directive. The gross final energy consumption is the energy used by end-consumers (final energy consumption) plus grid losses and self-consumption of power plants. See Table 7.5 and Figure 7.5.

Energy import dependency

SDG_07_50 shows the share of total energy needs of a country met by imports from other countries. It is calculated as net imports divided by the gross available energy. Energy dependence = (imports – exports)/gross available energy. See Table 7.6 and Figure 7.6.

Access to affordable energy

Population unable to keep home adequately warm

SDG_07_60 measures the share of population who are unable to keep home adequately warm. Data for this indicator are being collected as part of the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) to monitor the development of poverty and social inclusion in the EU. The data collection is based on a survey, which means that indicator values are self-reported. See Table 7.7 and Figure 7.7.