People who cut and sell turf from their own bogs to their neighbours will not be penalised by a new government plan to ban the practice. It comes as the ban itself could be delayed by months. Coalition sources in Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael last night cast doubt on Environment Minister Eamon Ryan’s plans … Read more
Dublin, Ireland: Irish sustainability-tech company Cognition World, working with Energia, has launched Energia Connect360 – a real-time data analytics portal. The company has partnered with Energia, Ireland’s greenest electricity supplier, to provide the Connect360 tool to Energia business energy customers across Ireland. The solution enables businesses across all sectors to reduce their energy consumption, eliminate … Read more
Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcolm Noonan TD has announced the next National Biodiversity Conference at Dublin Castle on June 8-9, 2022. The event will see national and international experts come together under the theme ‘Act Now for Nature’. The conference forms part of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage’s … Read more
The formal launch of the Build Digital Project took place today Thursday 7th April 2022. This hybrid event was held in St Laurence’s Church, TU Dublin, Grangegorman while also live streamed. The Event was opened with a video message from Minister Michael McGrath of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Minister McGrath’s address reiterated … Read more
Liam Cassidy is known as ‘The Serial Factory Fixer’. He is the man multinationals in the USA, Canada, China, the UK and Ireland have on speed dial, he’s the man with the plan and the one to call to fix a broken factory. In his 40-year career Liam has used lean principals and tools, with … Read more
● The CO2 neutral biomethanol will boost the EU biofuel feedstock and strengthen European fuel independence ● The project opens a significant potential for biomethanol production, estimated at around 2 million tonnes1, as the concept is replicable at most of the pulp mills worldwide Veolia has launched the world’s largest biorefinery project producing CO2-neutral bio-methanol from a … Read more
Ireland South MEP Seán Kelly recently hosted the first stakeholder discussion in the European Parliament on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), ahead of its upcoming revision. The EPBD is a key piece of legislation in the European Green Deal, and its revision will have wide-ranging implications for the EU Renovation Wave, and the … Read more
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Environment and Climate Action has been holding hearings recently all around energy challenges we currently face. Yesterday, the Committee heard from the Commission for the Regulations of Utilities (CRU), Friends of the Earth Ireland and Global Witness – and there were a number of key takeaways. (A quick note … Read more
● France’s largest biomethane production facility comes on stream. ● This project contributes to French and European energy security, by developing local, sustainable, low-carbon energy sources. ● Veolia already produces a total of 1.6 TWh of biogas in France, equivalent to 10% of the French biogas production target set out in the 2023 Multiannual Energy … Read more
Anyone opening an electricity bill in 2022 will notice a monumental price increase. The CSO revealed earlier this month that electricity prices had risen 22 per cent in a year, with several suppliers since announcing further increases. The calls to accelerate the deployment of renewables at customer and utility scale are well made; this is … Read more