The Assembly of European Regions (AER) and GE Energy have launched of REFER (Responsible Energy for European Regions), a blog aimed at facilitating thoughts and discussion on energy matters across all regions of Europe. Available at www.refer.blogactiv.eu, REFER reports on the latest energy news, energy analysis and commentary about the various regional energy markets, energy … Read more
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is currently inviting submissions from manufacturers and suppliers to the new Accelerated Capital Allowances (ACA) equipment categories announced by the Government as part of the Finance Act. The ACA is a tax incentive for businesses to encourage investment in energy efficient equipment. Introduced in 2008, it offers an … Read more
Worldwide environmental engineers seeking the most appropriate way for protecting the environment from industrial processes, designing environmental remediation methods and similar computationally-intensive aspects of environmental research and engineering can get easy to follow step-by-step instructions on how to select the best-suited local or global optimization routines, from the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG) Library, by making … Read more
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is introducing two new features to the Home Energy Saving (HES) scheme, designed to further empower consumers, first by guiding them on suitable upgrade works and secondly informing them of the impact of works undertaken. The Home Energy Saving scheme, administered by SEAI provides grants to homeowners for … Read more
The EPA Climate Change Conference 2010 will provide a unique perspective on key developments in climate science and policy. It will provide a forum to explore a range of challenges, including communication of science process and understanding, as well as informing the public, policymakers and enterprise in relation to the likely actions and opportunities. The conference will … Read more
The EPA report, ‘Science and Sustainability’, has been launched. The report outlines how EPA-funded research has provided significant support for environmental policy and decision making at national and international levels. The EPA provides funding to scientists, engineers and innovators working on research across a range of thematic areas. This research is closely tied to Ireland’s … Read more
The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government John Gormley TD is to initiate a review of how planning laws and policy are being implemented by a number of local authorities around the country. Minister Gormley is to use powers granted to him under planning legislation to undertake the review, which will involve the … Read more
The Lamborghini Murcielago, a vehicle that over the course of a year emits an amount of CO2 equivalent to felling a football pitch-sized forest of trees, has been named the Least Green Car of the Year 2010 by the Environmental Transport Association (ETA). The Lamborghini emits exactly five times more CO2 per kilometre than the … Read more
The European Union’s greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory report, compiled by the European Environment Agency (EEA), shows that emissions have not only continued their downward trend in 2008, but have also picked up pace. The EU-27’s emissions stood 11.3% below their 1990 levels, while EU-15 achieved a reduction of 6.9% compared to Kyoto base-year levels. “The … Read more
A new research report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows that the geology of West Clare is unsuitable for long term carbon storage, a key technology in the fight against climate change. The study, An Assessment of the Potential for Geological Storage of CO2 in the vicinity of Moneypoint, Co. Clare, was funded under … Read more