The project investigated separately the issues associated with, and measures arising from, the three pillars of energy policy - namely cost competitiveness, security of supply and environmental responsibility. The project assessed the interactions, conflicts, potential conflicts, complementarities and resulting impacts of these on the National Climate Change Strategy (NCCS) measures targeting the electricity sector.

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SAFER-Data Display URL	https://eparesearch.epa.ie/safer/iso19115/display?isoID=120
Resource Keywords	energy nccs climate change policy GHG kyoto
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Code	2001-EEP-MS1-M2
EPA/ERTDI/STRIVE Project Theme	Climate Change
Resource Availability:	Public-Open
Limitations on the use of this Resource	Attachments (if any) connected to this resource can be used in journal article or other means of publication provided the original authors are informed of this usage and an appropriate acknowledgement or citation is included within the published article. The EPA advise that this acknowledgement should take one of the following forms dependent upon how heavily the published work relates to the downloaded report: * Co-Authorship(s) for the original author(s)* Written acknowledgement within the body of the article* Written acknowledgement by means of the inclusion of a bibliography entry which clearly cites the original authors. The EPA as a/the primary funder of the research should be acknowledged.
Number of Attached Files (Publicly and Openly Available for Download):	3
Project Start Date	Monday 1st January 2001 (01-01-2001)
Earliest Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Saturday 1st March 2003 (01-03-2003)
Most Recent Recorded Date within any attached datasets or digital objects	Sunday 27th February 2005 (27-02-2005)
Published on SAFER	Friday 31st July 2009 (31-07-2009)
Date of Last Edit	Wednesday 5th August 2009 at 18:04:32 (05-08-2009)
Datasets or Files Updated On	Wednesday 5th August 2009 at 18:04:32 (05-08-2009)

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Description of Geographical Characteristics of This Project or Dataset
There was no raw data collection or generation for this project. The research was a policy-based research project and covered environmental and government policy for all of the island of Ireland. There is some specific focus on the Moneypoint power station.

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