Ireland's Action Plan for Aviation Emissions Reduction April 2019
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Ireland’s Action Plan for Aviation Emissions Reduction April 2019 Principal National Point of Contact Mr. Brian Smyth Assistant Principal Officer Aviation Services Division Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport Leeson Lane Dublin 02 TR60 Ireland. Telephone: +353 1 604 1120 Email: [email protected] Alternate Contact Ms. Laura Cawley Administrative Officer Aviation Services Division Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport Leeson Lane Dublin D02 TR60 Ireland. Telephone: +353 1 604 1547 Email: [email protected] Contents Common Preamble ................................................................................................................................. 4 Introduction - Current State of Aviation in Ireland ................................................................................. 6 Air Traffic Control Service in Ireland ................................................................................................... 6 Passenger and Freight Numbers ......................................................................................................... 7 Airports ........................................................................................................................................... 7 Regional Airports............................................................................................................................. 9 Freight ............................................................................................................................................. 9 Main Air Routes .................................................................................................................................. 9 Irish Aircraft Registrations ................................................................................................................ 10 Main Irish Air Carriers and Fleet Characteristics............................................................................... 10 Aviation and Employment................................................................................................................. 11 Aviation Emissions in Ireland ............................................................................................................ 11 Domestic and International Aviation Emissions ............................................................................... 12 Section I: ECAC/EU Common Measures ................................................................................................ 14 Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................... 14 Aircraft related technology ........................................................................................................... 14 Alternative fuels ............................................................................................................................ 15 Improved Air Traffic Management ............................................................................................... 15 Economic/Market Based Measures (MBMs) ................................................................................ 16 ECAC Scenarios for Traffic and CO2 Emissions .............................................................................. 16 A. ECAC Baseline Scenario ............................................................................................................ 18 ECAC Baseline Scenario and Estimated Benefits of Implemented Measures ................................... 18 Traffic Scenario “Regulation and Growth” .................................................................................... 18 Further assumptions and results for the baseline scenario.......................................................... 21 ECAC Scenario with Implemented Measures, Estimated Benefits of Measures .............................. 24 B. Actions Taken at the Supranational Level ................................................................................... 28 1. Aircraft – Related Technology Development ................................................................................ 28 1.1 Aircraft emissions standards (Europe's contribution to the development of the aeroplane CO2 standard in CAEP) ................................................................................................................... 28 1.2 Research and development .................................................................................................... 28 2. Alternative Fuels ........................................................................................................................... 30 Irel Ireland’s Action Plan for Aviation Emissions Reduction ¦ 2019 Page 1 of 93 2.1 European Advanced Biofuels Flightpath ................................................................................. 30 2.2 Research and Development projects on alternative fuels in aviation .................................... 33 3. The EU's Single European Sky Initiative and SESAR .......................................................................... 35 3.1 SESAR Project .............................................................................................................................. 35 3.2 SESAR Research Projects (environmental focus) ........................................................................ 36 SESAR demonstration projects ............................................................................................................ 38 3.3 SESAR2020 Environmental Performance Assessment ................................................................ 44 4. Economic/Market-Based Measures .............................................................................................. 50 4.1 The EU Emissions Trading System ............................................................................................... 50 Impact on fuel consumption and/or CO2 emissions ............................................................................ 53 4.2 The Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation ................................. 54 5. EU Initiatives in Third Countries ........................................................................................................ 57 5.1 Multilateral projects ................................................................................................................... 57 6. Support to Voluntary Actions ............................................................................................................ 59 6.1 ACI Airport Carbon Accreditation ............................................................................................... 59 Anticipated benefits: .......................................................................................................................... 60 Section II: National Actions in Ireland ................................................................................................... 63 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 63 Aircraft Related Technology.............................................................................................................. 64 Operational Improvements............................................................................................................... 65 Airport Carbon Accreditation ............................................................................................................ 71 Airport Energy Efficiency ................................................................................................................... 72 Sustainable Alternative Fuels ............................................................................................................ 72 Economic/Market-Based Measures .................................................................................................. 74 New Measures .................................................................................................................................. 80 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................. 85 Appendix A – Detailed Results for ECAC Scenarios From Section A ..................................................... 86 a) International passenger and cargo traffic departing from ECAC airports ........................ 86 b) Fuel consumption and CO2 emissions of international passenger traffic departing from ECAC airports ................................................................................................................................ 86 2. Implemented Measures Scenario ................................................................................................. 87 2A) Effects of Aircraft Technology Improvement after 2010 .................................................. 87 2B) Effects of Aircraft Technology and ATM Improvements after 2010 ................................. 87 2C) Effects of Aircraft Technology and ATM Improvements and Alternative Fuels ............... 88 Irel Ireland’s Action Plan for Aviation Emissions Reduction ¦ 2019 Page 2 of 93 List of Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................. 89 TABLE 1 DUBLIN AIRPORT TOTAL 2018 TRAFFIC BREAKDOWN AND STATE AIRPORTS PASSENGERS NUMBERS (MILLIONS) 2014-2018