Applegreen, Ireland’s leading forecourt retailer invited pupils from O’Growney National School in Athboy, Co Meath, to a newly-planted native tree forest just outside the town. Applegreen asked the local school children to help with planting the final six birch, ash and oak trees of a colossal 100,000 native trees that are being grown in Counties … Read more
Ahead of COP26 the global leader in optimised resource management, Veolia, has highlighted its commitment to recycling and renewable biomass energy. With a key focus on increasing sustainability and backing the drive to net zero carbon in the UK, the company has expanded wood recycling and processing capacity by 50,000 tonnes per year, adding to … Read more
A scheme to provide heating to homes and offices from an Amazon data centre in Tallaght has been announced by South Dublin County Council. The council has set up Heatworks, the country’s first publicly owned not-for-profit energy company, to provide low carbon heat from the data centre situated on the site of the old Jacob’s … Read more
Calor Ireland has achieved the Business Working Responsibly mark for responsible and sustainable business practices. Calor becomes one of just 40 companies in Ireland to attain the prestigious Mark. The Mark, developed by Business in the Community Ireland and independently audited by the NSAI, is based on ISO 26000. The Mark assesses best in class … Read more
St James’s Hospital has signed a new Energy Performance Contract (EPC) with Veolia in partnership with the Carbon and Energy Fund Ireland (CEFI). Under the EPC agreement, Veolia will manage projects covering the design, delivery, installation, commissioning and operation of a wide range of energy upgrades in the 1,010 bed hospital. The 20-year contract was … Read more
Providence Resources and Lansdowne Oil and Gas have signed a farmout agreement with SpotOn Energy that should see the Barryroe oil and gas field off the Cork coast go into production within three years. The deal will see Norwegian based SpotOn, working with a consortium of partners, receive a 50% working interest in the prospect. … Read more
Solar AdTek, the leading developer and supplier of innovative solar powered and LED lighting systems for outdoor advertising companies, has today announced the launch of a new funding model in partnership with Vivid Edge. The partnership will support Solar AdTek’s outdoor advertising customers, in Ireland and internationally, to realise energy savings and carbon reductions, by … Read more
Applegreen has announced that its entire commercial fleet, fuelling communities across Ireland, has begun Driving CarbonNeutral®. Applegreen will offset all carbon emissions from fuel used by its own fleet of trucks, delivery vans and company cars through purchasing carbon offsetting credits to support a clean water initiative in East Africa that will offset more than … Read more
Irish industrial energy efficiency company EM3 has been acquired by SHV, a private Dutch company whose brands include Calor and Primagaz. Its subsidiary, SHV Energy has taken a majority stake in the Charleville, Co Cork-based business although no financial details of the transaction have been disclosed. EM3 co-founders John Hensey and Donall O’Brien will continue to run the company they … Read more
Energy optimisation technology from UCD spin-out NovoGrid was tested on a windfarm in Wexford. ESB has completed a two-year pilot project at a windfarm in Co Wexford using tech from Irish software company NovoGrid. The Richfield windfarm, owned by SSE Renewables, saved more than 300,000 kWh of energy with the help of NovoGrid’s GridBoost technology. The company said … Read more