Delivering High Quality Environmentally Conscious Building Solutions for Over 24 Years to the Irish Construction Community With the recent announcement from the Irish Government of the National Development Plan (NDP) 2021 – 2030 valued at €165 billion, what does this mean to the construction sector, local jobs and the built environment within Ireland. The Taoiseach … Read more
SSE Renewables, Ireland’s leading developer, owner, and operator of renewable energy, has donated €1.1m to 412 projects through its annual Community Fund across Ireland in 2020/2021. Details of the total €1.1m donation SSE Renewables has made to Irish communities in the last year are contained in the company’s annual Community Investment Review, published today. The … Read more
ESB and dCarbonX have today launched ‘Green Hydrogen @ Kinsale,’ an integrated project to develop large-scale storage for green hydrogen off the coast of County Cork.This project – pending licence and planning approvals – could have the potential to store up to three TWh of green hydrogen and hydrogen carriers, the equivalent of approximately 10 … Read more
A first of its kind gas distribution test grid (MicroGrid) is being used to understand any changes to operational procedures needed for the gas network to transport up to 100% hydrogen in the future. The MicroGrid has been purpose-built by DNV and led by Northern Gas Networks (NGN) as part of the H21 project and … Read more
Stryve, a Carlow based private cloud and cybersecurity company, are climate action leaders in the Irish IT sector having been certified as Carbon Neutral. Working with experienced energy auditors, German based ‘Climate Partners’ Stryve completed a detailed assessment of its emissions and developed a roadmap to reduce its carbon footprint. As a first step, the … Read more
SSE Renewables and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to explore the opportunity to produce and deliver green hydrogen through electrolysis using energy from two onshore windfarms in Ireland and Scotland. The partnership aims to encompass the full green hydrogen value chain, including construction, supply chain management, customer offtake … Read more
Verde Energy Group is pleased to announce details of a €20 million “Green Fund” they have put in place to support the installation of “green” solutions, including EV Chargers, Solar PV, and energy efficient LED lighting, as well as its innovative ENWARE Sustainability SaaS platform, nationwide. Having recently rebranded, through this incentive, Verde Energy Group … Read more
Global resource management company, Veolia, have been awarded a contract to provide healthcare waste management services for NHS Test and Trace’s new Rosalind Franklin Laboratory, a new state of the art, very high-throughput COVID-19 laboratory in Royal Leamington Spa, under a Crown Commercial Services Framework. Veolia’s teams will self-deliver a fully comprehensive service covering all … Read more
More than 13,000 renewable projects are set to create up to 10 million jobs worldwide and provide $2 trillion (£1.43tn) in investment opportunities. That is the key finding from new research by Ernst & Young (EY), commissioned by the European Climate Foundation (ECF). The study covers 47 countries, which EY claims demonstrates that even more … Read more
ESB has today unveiled its first eight bay, high power electric vehicle charging hub. Located at Junction 14, Mayfield on the M7, Monasterevin, Co Kildare, the high power charging hub is capable of providing 100km of charge in as little as six minutes. The bay will contain three high power chargers (350kW) and one fast … Read more