Timeline for Enlightened Transition

How the next 50 years develop under the Enlightened Transition Scenario.

2005-2015

• Steps towards a planned transition to indigenous energy sources are taken immediately.
• Flood of wind farm projects connected to grid.

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2015-2035

• Ireland becomes world leader in developing tidal stream and electricity storage technologies.
• Massive windfarms off the west coast enable Ireland to become a major exporter of electricity to Britain.
• Two cement factories close as the level of new building falls and the construction sector switches to techniques involving materials with less embodied energy.
• The timber frame sector expands as does other low embodied energy construction systems such as hemp / lime construction. Retrofitting for energy efficiency becomes a booming industry covering all building trades.

2035-2055

• Irish energy prices drop below the European average. Energy-intensive manufacturing processes move back.