3T Power launches Instant Price Alerts to support local businesses in taking control of their energy bills

As the wholesale energy market around the world continues to be volatile, Northern Ireland green energy supplier for business 3T Power has shared a new feature available for their customers aimed to help local businesses keep their energy bills under control. 3T Power’s new Instant Price Alerts feature will allow customers to monitor the price … Read more

REPORT HIGHLIGHTS THE HUGE CHALLENGE TOWARDS THE DECARBONISATION OF IRELANDS VEHICLE FLEET

A key environmental policy to have almost a million electric vehicles (EVs) on the road by 2030 will be a huge challenge unless the Government incentivises and supports dealing with the oldest polluting cars, while exponentially increasing the charging infrastructure nationwide, according to a new report released today by Arup and economist Jim Power on … Read more

Cutting-edge Power-to-Liquid project transforms municipal waste-derived CO2 into sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in Portugal

One of the first synthetic eFuel production units in Europe could be implemented at LIPOR’s Energy Recovery Plant, nearby Porto. With an innovative technology configuration and design, it is set to revolutionize the waste-to-energy industry while simultaneously decarbonizing the aviation sector.  An interdisciplinary consortium, formed by LIPOR (Intermunicipal Waste Management of Greater Porto), P2X Europe … Read more

Rotherham Hospital set to benefit from advanced battery energy storage system

Veolia, working through its specialist energy team, has now commissioned a new Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) at the 500 bed Rotherham Hospital as part of a 20 year Energy Performance Contract (EPC). The 500kWh storage capacity will contribute to targeted EPC savings of over £1 million per year, provide an energy income, increase resilience … Read more

NTR acquires Italian Arlena-Tessennano wind farms from BayWa r.e.

Dublin, February 7th 2022 – NTR, a leading European sustainable infrastructure investor and asset manager, announces the acquisition of the 18 MW Arlena-Tessenano wind farms from BayWa r.e on behalf of NTR Renewable Energy Income Fund II, marking NTR’s entrance into the Italian market and sixth European market in which NTR manages clean energy projects. … Read more

Extreme heat driven by climate change is ‘new normal’ for oceans, study finds

More than half of the world’s ocean surface has surpassed historic extreme heat thresholds on a consistent basis since 2014, according to a new study by the Monterey Bay Aquarium and published in the journal PLOS Climate. The heat extremes, driven by climate change, put critical marine ecosystems like coral reefs, seagrass meadows and kelp forests at … Read more

First Uncrewed Vessel Survey in Irish Waters undertaken by XOCEAN

Co. Louth, Ireland – 3rd February 2022: In a first for Ireland, an Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) was launched by XOCEAN off the Co. Louth coast last week, to undertake an environmental survey of the seabed in collaboration with Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT). This is the first time an uncrewed vessel has operated in … Read more

Data centre electricity consumption increased 144% since 2015

The rate of metered electricity consumption by data centres in Ireland rose by 144 per cent between 2015 and 2020, new data from the Central Statistics Office showed. Data centre electricity consumption rose 193 per cent between the first three months of 2015 and the last three months of 2020. The analysis, the first time … Read more

Grant to work with the Irish Green Building Council for a more sustainable built environment

Thursday, 20th January: The Irish Green Building Council (IGBC) and Grant to partner for a more sustainable built environment. The new partnership will see leading home heating solutions company, Grant, which has played a leading role in the plumbing and heating industry for over 40 years, supporting the IGBC in accelerating the decarbonisation of residential … Read more