Fine Gael has unveiled an energy plan that would see Ireland generating a third of its electricity from renewable sources by 2025.
The wide-ranging set of proposals, which the party has costed at €500 million over the next four years, includes reform of the system of Vehicle Registration Tax with a system of efficiency labelling.
It also proposes the removal of all excise duty on bio fuels produced from renewable energy crops.
Other provisions include requiring all public transport vehicles to convert to bio fuels and insisting that all petrol and diesel sold includes a blend of fuel from renewable sources.
The party also wants the planning system to be reformed and the National Spatial Strategy amended to take account of energy conservation.
However, Fine Gael opted against a carbon tax, or the use of nuclear energy.
The strategy was drawn up by four of the party's front benchers and unveiled by Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny at a news conference this afternoon.
Mr Kenny rejected claims from the Green Party that Fine Gael had shunned an all party approach to the issue.
He told journalists that the Greens had merely proposed a special committee on energy that would have been chaired by a Government figure.
