27-09-02 Ireland is now using EUR 100 mm in energy every week, 90 % of which is imported, according to Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI).
Mr Paul Kellett, technical manager of SEI's Renewable Energy Information Office, said that given continued increases in the cost of oil, the State could no longer afford to ignore the merits of renewable energy. He was speaking at the opening of Ireland's first ever Renewable Energy Forum in Cork.