EirGrid Group has today launched a new five-year strategy aimed at transforming the electricity system on the island of Ireland for future generations. The strategy will ensure that renewable energy accounts for 70% of all electricity use in Ireland by 2030 – more than double current levels. Key to the new strategy is upgrading the … Read more
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) today launched a new podcast that explores the choices we’re making every day in our homes, our work and our travel to reduce our energy use and tackle climate change. 180 Degrees, hosted by Tom Halpin, Head of Communications with SEAI, is a six-part series featuring a number … Read more
In response to country needs to mobilize low-carbon, climate-resilient investments, a new global public good announced today will aim to increase the flow of capital in developing countries to meet climate ambitions. The Climate Investment Platform (CIP) is an inclusive partnership welcoming all stakeholders from governments and international organizations to the private sector to scale-up … Read more
Almost half of Irish people believe that carbon taxes and environmental concerns will impact their decision to own a car in the next 10 years. This is according to new research commissioned by Europcar Mobility Group Ireland looking at the future of mobility in Ireland for European Mobility Week 2019, a pan-European initiative to improve … Read more
SSE Airtricity, Ireland’s largest supplier of 100% renewable electricity, has signed a three-year contract with eir to supply green electricity to over 8,000-meter points, including eir’s Citywest HQ. eir, the country’s largest telecommunications provider, and SSE Airtricity have agreed on a flexible risk-managed supply deal that will run until December 2021 and is worth €22m … Read more
As part of the second round of its Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Fund, Gas Networks Ireland today announced that it has awarded six transport companies €20,000 each towards the purchase of a Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV). The Fund supports the purchase of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) powered commercial vehicles including trucks, buses and vans. Grants … Read more
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council has published its Climate Change Action Plan 2019-2024. The Plan, approved by the Elected Members of the Council, is recognised as a key enabler of on-going public sector leadership, in implementing and influencing climate action at a local level. The Plan is now being formally submitted to the TD Minister for … Read more
Today Dublin City Council’s Climate Change Action Plan was formally presented to Richard Bruton TD Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment by Dublin’s Lord Mayor Paul Mc Auliffe and Owen Keegan, Chief Executive with Dublin City Council. This is in response to the requirements of the National Adaptation Framework and Action 181 of the … Read more
Lower costs, fewer malfunctions: switching to liquid feeding Biogas represents an important component in today’s mix of energy sources in many industrialised countries with huge future potential in Ireland. Ongoing developments in the renewable energy sector are placing new demands on the operators of biogas plants. For many operators, it is simply daily business – … Read more
Electric cars and renewable energy alone are not going to solve the climate crisis. The biggest carbon generators are not what we might expect. And industry will increasingly need to capture and sequester carbon in order to stop it escaping it into the atmosphere. Carbon is currently public-enemy number one. Across Ireland, as well as internationally, … Read more