Farmers across the Midlands could be in for a windfall of up to €7m a year in additional revenue after renewable energy firm Biotricity signed a memorandum of understanding with the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) this week covering the supply of straw for a new biomass plant in Offaly, according to Biotricity. The memorandum of … Read more
Lidl Ireland and the Crosscare Dublin Food Bank – Ireland’s only established food bank – announced details of a partnership launching Ireland’s first Mobile Food Bank. The mobile foodbank collects surplus food and non-food product on a daily basis from each of the participating Lidl stores in Ballyfermot; Pottery Road; Clondalkin; Walkinstown; Greenhills; Nutgrove; Stillorgan … Read more
University College Dublin (UCD) has today announced the establishment of a new Energy Institute. The Institute has attracted donor funding of €5m and substantial additional funding from industry. It was formally launched by the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, T.D., at Government Buildings today. The Institute will concentrate its research on Energy Systems Integration which provides the … Read more
Paul McNally Architecture has announced the commencement on site of Ireland’s first certified passive house pharmacy building in Clonmel, County Tipperary. O’Gorman Construction of Ardfinnan are contractor for AJ Quirke Pharmacist Ltd. Quirke’s have had a store at this location since 1923 through generations of the family business. It was recognised that the 200 year … Read more
Minister for Energy, Pat Rabbitte T.D., today officially opened Ireland’s first community owned wind farm in Templederry, Co. Tipperary. Templederry Community Wind Farm counts students, farmers and a local priest amongst its owners. The group is now producing green electricity and selling it to the grid, producing approximately 15GWh per annum. This is enough to … Read more
Irish energy company Vayu has signed an electricity-supply deal worth €1.2m in the first year with environmentally friendly cement producer Ecocem. Under the agreement, Vayu will supply Ecocem with 100% green electricity to meet all its year-round electricity requirements. The ability to source 100% green energy for its operations was a key consideration for Ecocem, … Read more
The Marine Renewable Infrastructure Network (MARINET), co-ordinated by University College Cork (UCC), is pleased to announce the opening of the fifth and final call on September 16th offering free-of-charge use of Irish and European leading test facilities for marine renewable energy R&D. Access to academic expertise is included under the call, with the EC funding … Read more
Comprehensive report containing 92 indicators about environmental data from various government departments and agencies. Indicators are divided into nine seperate domains covering air, greenhouse gas and climate change, water, land use, energy, transport, waste, biodiversity and heritage, and environmental economy. Most of the indicators are presented in a time-series format for Ireland, while the international … Read more
NSAI has received official accreditation of its OHSAS 18001 health & safety certification service by INAB (Irish National Accreditation Board). This consolidates NSAI’s position as a global provider of certification services and the additional accreditation means that NSAI now has global recognition to the top five management standards in the world. Adding health & safety … Read more
FM Environmental, based on Greenbank Industrial Estate, specialises in grease removal and water treatment systems. Now it will supply its Grease Guardian fat removal equipment to Asda parent company Walmart, which will use it in around 200 of its in-store restaurants in Mexico. FM Environmental, founded 35 years ago, got the help of Invest NI … Read more