As the Dail rises today, Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan TD has announced that of the 13 Acts that have been passed during this parliamentary session, five emanated from his Department. The five bills from the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources that were signed into law are: • Energy … Read more
Chimney balloons are a very effective product which will stop cold draughts coming down your chimney and prevent heat loss going up your chimney. It is estimated that up to 80% of heat is lost up your chimney every year. Chimney Balloons are an easy way of tackling this problem. Chimney balloons are simply installed … Read more
Dublin-based energy saving company One Call Maintenance has launched a new refrigeration technology on the Irish market that it claims will slash both energy costs and greenhouse emissions by impressive amounts. Invented by UK engineers, the eCube is little bigger than an MP3 player and is simple and economical to fit. The eCube cuts the … Read more
Renewable energy sources accounted for 62% (17GW) of the new electricity generation capacity installed in the EU27 in 2009, according to the ‘Renewable Energy Snapshots’ report, published recently by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). The share rose from 57% in 2008. For the second year running, wind energy accounted for the largest share … Read more
New research reveals that Europe could not feed itself on fish from EU waters for more than 189 days a year, and so from today would be dependent on fish caught elsewhere. Consuming far more than our depleted European seas can produce is making the EU increasingly dependent on fish from elsewhere, according to a … Read more
Dr Appy Sluijs, who works at the University of Utrecht, has won the Heineken Young Scientists Award for Environmental Sciences for his research into the changes that arose in the earth’s ecosystems millions of years ago. He reconstructs sudden climate changes caused by natural processes in the past. His research helps us understand the variability … Read more
Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolf has won the contract to construct a tidal turbine for Scotrenewables, the Orkney-based marine power company. Producing 250kw of energy, the SR250 tidal turbine will weigh around 80 tonnes and will measure 30m in length with twin 8m diameter rotors, giving the system a very competitive power to weight ratio. … Read more
The United States is starting to rely increasingly on ocean wind for energy generation. Last month, the ‘Atlantic Offshore Wind Energy Consortium’ was established when US Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and the governors from Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina signed a … Read more
US Under-Secretary for Energy, Kristina Johnson, will address a joint sitting of the Oireachtas Joint Committees on Climate Change and Energy Security and Communications, Energy and Natural Resources today, Thursday, 8th July, at 3pm. As the leading industrial power in the world, the United States is the largest energy consumer in terms of total use. … Read more
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club has reported that it has reduced its use of bottled water as part of the club’s 10:10 commitment. 10:10 is the climate change campaign which encourages individuals, organisations and governments to pledge to reduce their carbon emissions by 10% during 2010. The Premier League club had already installed mains-fed Tana Water … Read more