ronan Oil prices fell more than 1 per cent on Monday, hitting two-month lows on extended selling after the market’s break below a key technical support level last week due to oversupply fears. The market last week slumped nearly 8 per cent in its biggest weekly losses in six months and already hit a two-month low … Read more
Alexion Pharmaceuticals has announced it is to construct a new €100 million manufacturing facility in Athlone which will create 50 new jobs. The planned biologics unit will be an expansion of its current operation in the town and will double the overall number of employees. Julie O’Neill, executive vice president for global operations, said Ireland … Read more
Aura Light receives Frost & Sullivan Award The Swedish lighting company Aura Light has been awarded the 2016 Global Lighting Growth Excellence Leadership Award based on the recent analysis of the lighting market made by the global growth consulting company Frost & Sullivan. The Frost & Sullivan Growth Excellence Leadership is about gaining new customers … Read more
NUI Galway has launched a new sustainability initiative which aims to make the campus one of the greenest, smartest, healthiest and community-focused in the world. The initiative is based on a Learn Live Lead approach where NUI Galway focuses on its core strength in teaching and research to learn about sustainability, analyses building performance and … Read more
The Harris Pye Engineering Group has won a turnkey contract from PX Limited to modify the combustion system at Fellside Power Station in Cumbria to meet the new IED emission requirements of NOX less than 100Mg/Nm3. The 188MW Fellside CHP plant provides critical process steam to the adjacent Sellafield nuclear reprocessing facility, and exports electricity … Read more
Irish wholesale gas prices on average were down 28% year on year, according to the latest Wholesale Energy Market Report published by Vayu Energy. The company, which supplies gas to 20% of Ireland’s industrial and commercial market, states that the drop in prices year on year is due to strong LNG supply and pipeline flows … Read more
New 10TB Datto backup appliance implemented for housing association Solution doubles Respond!’s backup capacity, and backs up tenant data to a secure offsite location Dublin, 30th June 2016 – Datapac, Ireland’s leading ICT solutions provider, today announces its implementation of a new backup and business continuity solution for Respond! Housing Association. The new system provides … Read more
An observatory is a location used for observing events, usually terrestrial or celestial…. but also oceanic! Ireland’s first underwater observatory, the SmartBay subsea observatory, will be officially activated on Thursday, 30th June as part of the Digital Ocean event. The SmartBay subsea observatory is located off Spiddal in Galway Bay and is a very significant … Read more
A universal method to calculate the carbon footprint of the logistics supply chain was released today by the Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC), a group of companies, industry associations and programs, and backed by leading experts and other stakeholders. “For the first time, emissions can be calculated consistently at a global level covering road, rail, … Read more
Sustainable Forest Management Ireland, SFMI, the organisation formerly known as FSC Ireland, is hosting a national conference on forest management certification in Ireland, on Thursday, 30th June 2016, in the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin. SFMI aims to promote sustainable management of Ireland’s forests through information, advocacy and education on independent forest management certification schemes. … Read more