thomas Ireland could install nearly 4GW of solar by 2030, adding more than €2 billion to its economy and creating more than 7,000 jobs, with modest policy support, a new report produced by KPMG has claimed. An announcement from Ireland’s energy authority on future renewable energy subsidies is set to be made before the end of … Read more
NTR plc (“NTR”), today reported a profit of €72.6 million for the first half of the 2016 financial year as part of its final results announcement prior to a demerger of the Group, which is to take place today. The profit is principally due to the gain achieved on the sale of the assets of … Read more
The carbon content of electricity generation in Ireland fell to a record low last year, half the level it was in 1990, according to figures published by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). Renewable electricity helped Ireland avoid 2.6 million tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2014, and is now one of the single biggest … Read more
Two bilateral agreements signed yesterday in Paris at the International Energy Agency (IEA) biannual Ministerial Meeting mark the strengthening of ties and growing cooperation between Ireland and France in the field of energy efficiency, renewable energy and energy security. This follows the successful development of the Ireland France roadmap including the establishment of the Ireland … Read more
Entrants to this year’s Sustainable Energy Awards have saved an unprecedented €48 million in the last year through their extraordinary sustainable energy projects. Irish-owned water treatment specialist EPS Group took the Leadership Award having co-ordinated several community outreach projects around the country. Its efforts saw 81 community and voluntary groups including addiction centres, sheltered housing, … Read more
Attention to detail is critical in the world of pharmaceuticals. Little wonder then thatVictor Grifols Roura makes a point of wearing a tie featuring shamrock for the formal opening of his company’s $100 million plant in Dublin’s Grange Castle. Grifols is the third generation of his family to lead the company, one of the three major global … Read more
Food company Glanbia has announced it has acquired ThinkThin for $217 million. ThinkThin is a US firm that specialises in protein bars. Its products are sold in grocery and health food stores, and the company describes itself as a “passionate supporter of health through nutrition”. Founded by Lizanne Falsetto in 1999 and based in Southern California since … Read more
Today King & Moffatt announced a major new strategic partnership with ResourceKraft. The new alliance will catapult King & Moffatt into the Energy Arena. With companies in Ireland and in the UK having the ESOS and S.I 426 EU Directive in mind, monitoring and saving energy usage has become their number 1 priority for compliance … Read more
The new Irish Times Environment Page, where we will be expanding and deepening our coverage of, and reflections from, the environment over the coming weeks, months and years. Our relationship with the natural world has rightly become one of the defining issues of this century. However, the constant association of “the environment” with “catastrophe” is profoundly … Read more
Scotland is to be the site of the world’s largest floating wind farm, having received approval from its government for a wind farm with a generating capacity of 135GWh of electricity each year. The floating wind farm is to be built by the energy company Statoil 25km off the coast of Peterhead with the aim … Read more