Ireland's independent energy provider, Energia, has emerged as the Greenest Energy Supplier on the island of Ireland.

The top all-island ranking comes in the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) report on fuel-mix and CO2 emissions for individual electricity suppliers licensed in Ireland. 'Fuel-mix' means the type of fuels or resources that generators use to make electricity.

The recent report found that Energia's all-island emissions of CO2 in tonnes per Megawatt Hour (MWh) of electricity supplied was 0.424 in 2012, ahead of the all-island average 0.481, and competing suppliers; Airtricity (0.449), Electric Ireland (0.469) and Bord Gáis (0.480).

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Gary Ryan Retail Director, Energia said: "Environmental sustainability is central to Energia's business. As the largest independent provider of power on the island, sourced mainly from wind energy and gas generation, we are proud to also be named the greenest energy supplier on the island of Ireland and one of the most significant contributors to the achievement of Ireland's C02 emissions targets. These results are achieved through a wide range of initiatives including wind farm development, efficiencies in our modern gas fired generating facilities and a portfolio of green Power Purchase Agreements from wind farms (PPA's)."

(CD/JP)