ronan Renewable energy company Gaelectric has completed a €38 million financing agreement with AIB for the construction of two wind farms in Co Kilkenny. Ballybay Wind Farm, near Tullaroan, will feature six Enercon turbines generating 13.8MW of electricity, which will meet the demand of about 9,300 homes. Foyle Wind Farm will have four Enercon turbines generating … Read more
TELCA award winning Energy consultants STC Energy have come up with an alert system that could save you money and improve your energy efficiency! They’ve created a profile alerts service which monitors consumption from HH and AMR electricity meters and data loggers. The system which uses their own in-house designed software, can monitor multi sites … Read more
The UK’s vote to leave the EU has thrown up a variety of challenges for Irish business. With the potential for previously reliable margins becoming squeezed by a fall in sterling, making your company more efficient is a useful way of maintaining profitability in the British market. The referendum outcome also presents opportunities. Sterling volatility … Read more
The Environmental Protection Agency is organising its 2016 Annual Information Day on Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 5 on the Friday 7th October 2016 in Dublin (Croke Park Conference Centre). The aim of this event is to promote and disseminate Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge 5 Opportunities amongst the Irish Research Community, as well as facilitate networking. … Read more
Early results from projects funded by the Horizon 2020 (H2020) programme are now available onCORDIS. They highlight some of the first outcomes of these projects by summarising first periodic reports. Over 800 periodic reports have been approved and published by the European Commission following their submission by the projects, with the public parts of these … Read more
Entries are now being invited from organisations, business community groups and individuals who have shown excellence in their application of waste management, recycling, waste prevention and environmental initiatives. These prestigious National Environmental Awards will be presented at a special dinner at the Intercontinental Hotel in Dublin on the Thursday 27 October 2016. The programme is … Read more
Jazz Pharma has officially opened a €50 million manufacturing plant nearAthlone. Work on the Athlone facility began in February 2014 but it has now received the regulatory approval necessary from both the US Food and Drug Administration and Ireland Health Products Regulatory Authority to start manufacturing. It is the first directly owned, managed and operated … Read more
BORD NA MÓNA saw its profits slide last year as it set aside millions of euro to pay for the decommissioning of old power plants. According to its annual report, published yesterday, the semi-state company made a full-year profit of €17.3 million in the 12 months to the end of March 2016. That was about … Read more
French water and waste management group Veolia is planning to invest £750m for green energy development in post-Brexit UK. Veolia aims to create 600 jobs in the UK through its investment and seeks ‘reassurance from the UK government about its commitment to green energy,’ says the Financial Times. [New UK Prime Minister abolishes climate change … Read more
Greencore Group has bought UK-based The Sandwich Factory from Cranswick in a deal worth up to £15 million (€18 million). The Sandwich Factory produces a range of food to go products for the convenience store and food service channels, and will grow Greencore’s presence in the food to go market outside its core business, which … Read more