lynn Bord Gáis Energy, supplier of energy and services to over 710,000 homes, businesses and organisations across Ireland, has today announced a range of innovative new measures to help bolster Ireland’s position on sustainable energy use. Bord Gáis Energy’s focus is on helping home and business owners to make better energy use choices, helping the environment … Read more
SSE Renewables and Greencoat Renewables, joint owners of Galway Wind Park, have today launched a €70,000 COVID-19 response fund to support local communities around the wind farm in Connemara, Co. Galway. The funding, which is being made immediately available, will support community groups that are currently mobilising a rapid response to support those most-in-need as … Read more
The Bord Gáis Energy Index has fallen 37% in March due to an unprecedented drop of 55% in oil prices as Covid-19 spread to every corner of the globe decimating growth and energy demand. The gas market, already awash with supply before Covid-19, fell a relatively muted 3%, with electricity increasing 4% on lower wind … Read more
According to a survey from emovis, a mobility solutions provider, it was found that members of the public view environmental sustainability as an important factor in relation to their transport options. As part of the emovis podcast series, ‘Going Places’, host Aidan Power interviewed members of the public through vox pops, to get their opinions … Read more
The world is in a dark place, gripped by a pandemic that could rage for months and take countless lives. But it has led to an astonishing fall in air pollution in the most heavily populated parts of the planet. European Space Agency (ESA) satellites offer remarkable, colour-coded animations to illustrate the change: carbon emissions … Read more
ASCO, the global integrated materials and logistics management company, has acquired full ownership of NORM Solutions Ltd, a leading provider of specialist cleaning, treatment and disposal services for oilfield equipment contaminated with Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM). The acquisition reflects ASCO’s overall strategy to continually strengthen its specialist waste and decommissioning capabilities and provide its … Read more
World leading thermal storage company Sunamp and pioneering clean energy ownership platform Ripple Energy have a signed a memorandum of understanding to provide Ripple customers with zero carbon heating and hot water solutions. Ripple Energy enables people to part-own large scale wind farms to supply their homes with clean, low cost electricity. Ripple partners … Read more
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council have been awarded ISO 50001 from Certification Europe for their Energy Management System for the energy use under the control of dlr. ISO 50001 is an internationally recognised certified energy management system for organisations. An Cathaoirleach, Councillor Shay Brennan said “dlr play an exemplar role in energy efficiency and continue to … Read more
The Bord Gáis Energy Index fell 15% during February as the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak spread beyond China, threatening global energy demand and growth. Oil prices fell 12% on concerns that the increasing threat from the virus could dampen global demand. Gas prices also fell during February, dropping 21% on robust supply and the negative … Read more
The Irish Solar Energy Association (ISEA) welcomes the publication of the final terms and conditions for the first auction of the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS). The first auction (RESS-1) is scheduled to take place in July this year in line with timelines set out in 2019 by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and … Read more