New roadmap lays pathway to full electrification of Ireland’s energy system, lowering emissions, reducing fossil fuel dependency, and ensuring a more affordable secure energy supply.
4th December 2025: Ireland Electrified has launched its first Electrification Action Plan for Ireland at its annual conference, which is taking place today in Croke Park. The event brings together more than 100 delegates from across Ireland’s energy sector to discuss how to accelerate the electrification of Ireland’s heat, transport and industrial sectors, and decarbonise Ireland’s energy future.
The new action plan lays out a roadmap of 23 targeted actions, with clear timelinesand delivery partners to transition Ireland’s energy use from fossil fuels to clean electricity, with a key focus on the heat and transport sectors.
Key actions outlined in the plan include:
- Reforming energy cost structures, such as network tariffs, the PSO levy, market charges, and time of use factors to incentivise electrification and flexible consumption.
- Accelerating the rollout of infrastructure to support electrification including more EV chargers, grid upgrades, and smart metering, and providing incentives and regulations to support widespread adoption.
- Enhancing our existing grid infrastructure to allow for a rapid scale up in renewable connections and integrated storage solutions.
- Enacting private wire legislation to enable the use of private lines to directly connect demand with clean electricity and allow self-supply for energy consumers.
- Accelerating the electrification of our public transport networks including bus fleets and rail (currently just 3% of Ireland’s rail network is electrified, versus almost 60% of the EU rail network).
- Continued rollout of heat pumps, though targeted supports including grants and low interest loans.
Launching the action plan, Head of Ireland Electrified, Anna Conlan welcomed the roadmap, and called on government to take action:
“Electrification of our energy systems isn’t just the right thing to do for our planet; it makes economic sense: it cuts bills, reduces our dependence on fossil fuels and creates high quality jobs right across the country. Today’s launch of the Electrification Action Plan lays out a clear roadmap for policymakers to deliver a new Ireland, where we use clean, affordable, electricity to heat our homes, travel to work and run our businesses.
“Families and businesses across Ireland are already embracing an electric lifestyle – what we need now is to build on this momentum by introducing policy frameworks to enable a wider transition across society. This roadmap lays out clear, tangible actions to achieve this. We have the roadmap, and we know the benefits – what we need now is decisive action from government, to deliver an electrified future for an Ireland that is more competitive, more affordable, and less reliant on dirty fossil fuels”, Anna Conlan added.
With IDA Ireland as lead sponsor, it’s the only event in Ireland dedicated to the electrification of heat and transport and will bring together industry leaders, innovators and policy makers to explore the potential of electrifying Ireland’s heat and transport systems.
Attendees will hear from a range of speakers across the sector, including Gerard Reid, Global Energy and Finance Expert, Helen O’Sullivan, Chief Operations Officer of Flex Power Solutions & Chair of Ireland Electrified, and officials from the Departments of Energy, Transport and Enterprise. Topics of discussion will include the challenges, technologies, and opportunities of electrifying industrial heat, and how we can electrify our transport systems at scale.