The low-cost carrier RyanAir produced 9.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (MtCO₂) in 2022, making it Ireland's biggest carbon emitter that year. Ranked second was Ireland's largest electricity generation station, Moneypoint Power Plant, which emitted 2.7 MtCO₂. Moneypoint is the only coal-fired power station in Ireland.
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Ember. (May 23, 2023). Biggest emitters in Ireland in 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327020/biggest-polluters-ireland/
Ember. "Biggest emitters in Ireland in 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide)." Chart. May 23, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327020/biggest-polluters-ireland/
Ember. (2023). Biggest emitters in Ireland in 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 27, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327020/biggest-polluters-ireland/
Ember. "Biggest Emitters in Ireland in 2022 (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327020/biggest-polluters-ireland/
Ember, Biggest emitters in Ireland in 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327020/biggest-polluters-ireland/ (last visited July 27, 2024)
Biggest emitters in Ireland in 2022 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide) [Graph], Ember, May 23, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327020/biggest-polluters-ireland/