More than 30 Heads of State and Ministers, UN Representatives and Ambassadors from island nations around the globe will convene in Cork for this year’s Our Ocean Wealth Summit to discuss the impact of climate change on island nations. Our Ocean Wealth Summit, sponsored by PwC, takes place at Cork City Hall over 2 days … Read more
Adding strength to the recent campaign by OFTEC calling for homeowners to consider upgrading their tanks to safer and more robust double-skinned or ‘bunded’ models, Kingspan has just launched free tank health check packs* for homeowners in Ireland as part of its #BetterOffBunded campaign. With an estimated 700,000 homes in Ireland reliant on … Read more
Recycle Now, is pleased to announce the Recycle Week 2019 theme. This year Recycle Week will run from 23rd to – 29th September and it’s going to be bigger and better than ever before! Our inspiration 2019 is the year of the activist. We’ve seen this through protests and marches from Extinction Rebellion to Our … Read more
The process to order the largest and greenest fleet in Irish public transport history gets underway today as Iarnród Éireann, supported by the National Transport Authority (NTA), seeks expressions of interest from global train manufacturers for up to 600 electric / battery-electric powered carriages over a 10-year timescale. DART Expansion, a €2 billion investment under … Read more
Immediate implementation of the Oireachtas Committee recommendations in full and on time the litmus test of Leo’s response to election results say campaigners. Reacting to what the media is calling a Green Wave in local and European elections where climate change was one of the central issues, Friends of the Earth Director, Oisin Coghlan commented: … Read more
BG Energy Solutions (BGES), one of the UK’s leading independent BMS and energy solutions companies, has announced the successful completion of its management buy-out. Managing Director Gareth Barber and senior management colleagues Mike Dauris and Simon Shaw will head up the new management structure. The team of three – who clock up over 45 years’ … Read more
WPM Green Energy, a sustainability services and solutions provider, yesterday launched ORCA, an on–site aerobic food waste recycling technology at The Yacht restaurant in Clontarf, the first food business to adopt this new technology in Ireland. The ORCA technology operates in over a dozen countries and thousands of properties worldwide. It is ideal for use … Read more
The island of Ireland has gone a record length of time without using coal-fired electricity generation on its power system, Eirgrid has confirmed. The all-island grid operated without coal between April 11th and May 7th – a total of 25 days, it confirmed. This is the longest period of time the grid has operated without coal since the all-island … Read more
ESB welcomes the recent publication of the responses received to the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. ESB contributed to the NECP report, an important blueprint that will chart Ireland’s energy and climate future to 2030 and beyond. ESB’s contribution to the NECP work builds upon … Read more
State forestry company Coillte saw its pretax profit more than treble to €166 million in 2018 as the company’s sale of interests in wind farm operations yielded significant gains. The dividend paid to the State rose 87 per cent to €15 million, while the group is now close to being debt free. Earnings before interest, tax and … Read more