Adam Pullin

There has been a significant increase in the amount of electricity consumed by data centres in Ireland. According to new figures from the Central Statistics Office, there was a 32.3% increase in electricity consumed by data centres in 2021 compared to 2020. The CSO attributes this to both more data centres being added to the … Read more

Over 50% are new roles created thanks to business growth Leading environmental services company Veolia Ireland today announced it is recruiting for 60 positions to join its almost 700 strong team across the island of Ireland. More than half are new roles created thanks to business growth as its clients, the largest industrial firms in … Read more

Cork, 27th April 2022: Cork University Hospital (CUH) has become the first hospital worldwide to be awarded its third Green Flag from An Taisce, on behalf of the International Foundation for Environmental Education in March 2022. Green Flags are awarded to campuses that have demonstrated they have implemented a seven-step programme of environmental management across … Read more

Mercedes has put its EQXX electric concept saloon to the test in a road trip that saw it travel more than 620 miles in everyday traffic, on a single battery charge. The vehicle travelled from the Mercedes plant in Sindelfingen, Germany, across the Swiss Alps and Northern Italy, to its destination of Cassis on the … Read more

Generator-retailer Octopus is deepening its industry-disrupting interest in heat pumps, buying Renewable Energy Devices, a specialist manufacturer in Craigavon, Northern Ireland. Despite a government target of 600,000 working units by 2028, pumps’ perceived high price and a shortage of trained fitters kept home installations as low as 35,000 in 2020. Last month though, chancellor Sunak … Read more

Following the contract start on 1 April, Veolia has launched a brand new fleet of green fuelled vehicles to collect waste and recycling, including food and garden waste, from residents across the Broadland district. In a first for Veolia in the UK, the fleet will be solely powered by renewable Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil, HVO. Reducing … Read more

Gateway to Europe and soon to be Ireland’s Offshore Renewable Energy Hub, Rosslare Europort announces big plans for the future.  Rosslare Europort management is announcing plans to establish the port, its hinterland and the south-east region as Ireland’s Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub, with the potential to create 2,000 jobs. After a history making 2021 … Read more

21st April 2022: Talon Ireland, a leading OOH specialist agency, is celebrating Earth Day (22nd April) in a bid to make the Out of Home advertising industry greener. To coincide with the awareness day, which marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970, Talon Outdoor is running a series of … Read more

The cost of supplying electricity to Irish homes is “wildly out of line” with the rest of Europe, and the temporary VAT reduction fails to address the underlying causes of high costs, the Irish Solar Energy Association (ISEA) has said. ISEA, which was established in 2013 to advance a policy and regulatory landscape promoting solar … Read more