RENEWABLE ENERGY

• RENEWABLE ENERGY: IRELAND IS LEGALLY BOUND TO DELIVER 16% OF ITS FINAL ENERGY REQUIREMENTS FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES BY 2020.
• THE HIDDEN COSTS OF ENERGY TO SOCIETY INCLUDE LUNG DAMAGE, ASTHMA, AND PREMATURE DEATHS FROM AIR POLLUTION.

THE OBVIOUS BENEFITS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY/WIND ENERGY ARE THAT PRODUCTIVITY OF ELECTRICITY FROM THIS SOURCE INVOVES ZERO DIRECT EMISSION OF AIR POLLUTANTS