HP Ireland today announced the formal commencement of the construction phase of its new 89,000 sq. ft. office building in Ballybrit, Galway, at a ceremony attended by Ireland’s Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, TD. Construction of the new office on the existing HP site in Ballybrit was announced last year by HP. The new building will be … Read more
New €30 million Irish Photonic Integration Centre (IPIC) places Ireland in prime position to grow Ireland’s share of Europe’s €58billion photonics market. •he SFI Research Centre for photonic integration brings together four research institutes, over 100 researchers and 18 industry partners. IPIC to focus on new applications in the ICT and medical device arenas with … Read more
Last year saw the Better Energy programme surpass the landmark of 250,000 homes upgraded and the number of homes with a Building Energy Rating (BER) reach 420,000, meaning one in four homes in Ireland now has a BER. That is according to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) who today announced their programme achievements … Read more
The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Mr. Phil Hogan TD, and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Mr. Simon Coveney TD, (29/01/2014) announced that the review of Ireland’s 2nd Nitrate Action Programme has been concluded and a revised 3rd Programme has been finalised. This 3rd Programme will run until the … Read more
The European Commission is referring Ireland to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failing to fully transpose the Renewable Energy Directive.[pdf, 1.28MB] The Directive aims at ensuring a 20% share of renewable energy in the EU by 2020. The Directive had to be transposed by the Member States by 5 December 2010. “It … Read more
Ibec, the group that represents Irish business, today welcomed the publication of a new European Commission framework for climate and energy policy up to 2030. Ibec’s Head of Energy and Environment Policy Dr Neil Walker said: “The proposals are an ambitious attempt to reach consensus on how we can improve security of energy supply and … Read more
The world’s biggest trading powers pledged on Friday to work toward a global agreement on free trade in environmental goods, but they gave no timeline for talks intended to support the fight against climate change. The United States, European Union, China, Japan and several other developed economies said in a joint statement that the agreement … Read more
This February Keenan is bringing together more than 500 of its EU customers and industry friends to celebrate 30 years since the release of the first Keenan mixer wagon, the Easi Feeder. Today there are more than 30,000 Keenan farming customers in 50 countries across the world. The three-day event, entitled ‘Powering Profitable Food Production … Read more
The Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte T.D. today published Ireland’s National Energy Services Framework (NESF), which will support the rollout of energy performance contracting (EPC) to public and commercial facilities across the country. The key aim of the Framework is to develop robust projects that are investment-ready, stimulating the development of … Read more
ESSEN, Germany, and KORTRIJK, Belgium, January, 14th, 2013 — Elster is pleased to announce that its production and provisioning environments have achieved certification to the ISO/IEC 27001:2005 (ISO 27001) standard for information security. This includes Elster EnergyICT’s cloud-hosted Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for energy management, monitoring and analytics, as well as Elster’s complete … Read more