Over 141 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy capacity is built, under construction, consented, or planned in Europe – enough to power 130 million average EU households. These wind farms – representing 35 times more capacity than the just under 4 GW installed today – would provide 13.1% of Europe’s total electricity production. The European … Read more
Cylon Active Energy, the new energy management division of Cylon Group, one of Ireland’s leading providers of energy management services, has been presented with the Sustainable Energy Innovation Award at the recent Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland 2011 Annual Awards. The Sustainable Energy Awards honour individuals and organisations that demonstrate excellence in the management and … Read more
Come rain or shine, a new website showing the current weather conditions in Galway is now available to the general public. The site uses real-time data collected by a weather station at NUI Galway to show temperature, humidity, pressure, wind, rain and sunshine. Behind the project is the Informatics Research Unit for Sustainable Energy (IRUSE) … Read more
Members of the Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Natural Resources and Agriculture will hear from community groups with deeply held views on Ireland’s offshore exploration today, Tuesday 29 November at 2 pm. “This timely meeting will allow committee members engage with community groups representing a range of opinion on the Corrib gas project in County Mayo,” … Read more
The Government has published Warmer Homes: A Strategy for Affordable Energy in Ireland, which sets out a vision for improving the affordability of energy for low-income households; ensuring that people can live in a warm and comfortable home that enhances the quality of their lives and supports good physical and mental health. The strategy was … Read more
ESB is the Overall Winner of this year’s Published Accounts Awards. A total of 29 Irish companies, not-for-profit organisations and charities competed as finalists across eight distinct award categories to be rewarded and recognised for achieving excellence in financial reporting. The Published Accounts Awards are organised by the Chartered Accountants Leinster Society and are sponsored … Read more
Irish tidal energy technology company, OpenHydro, has been honoured at the 2011 Ireland France Business Awards for its outstanding company performance in 2011 and promotion of bilateral trade and investment between Ireland and France. OpenHydro was selected as The Best Irish Company in France owing to its major technological breakthrough in the area of tidal … Read more
Savings of €23 million were made by organisations entering this year’s Sustainable Energy Awards, with a further €13 million in savings projected over the coming years. Hosted by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and sponsored by ESB Electric Ireland, the eighth annual Awards, held in Dublin tonight, saw all business sectors recognised for … Read more
EirGrid has taken a significant step closer to the start of trading on the East West electricity Interconnector with the launch of a new online auction management platform that will facilitate the purchase of interconnector capacity, as well as detail auction calendars and products. The system also manages trading on the Moyle Interconnector linking Northern … Read more
Payzone, Ireland’s largest consumer payments network, has introduced a new ‘top up’ payments solution, that will support the roll-out of modern PrePayment Meters (PPMs) in the gas and electricity markets. Installations of the new PrePayment Meters to eligible electricity customers commenced earlier in November as part of a three year roll-out plan aimed at over … Read more