Limerick city and county councils have embarked on a three-year project to control the spread of Giant Hogweed on the River Loobagh near Kilmallock. The plant, which can grow up to five metres in height, is one of the most unwanted invasive species in Ireland and there is an EU-wide ban on the sale, growing and … Read more
Carbon emissions from Irish power generation and major industrial operations fell by 8.7 per cent during 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency has confirmed. The reduction was in spite of a then booming economy prior to the Covid-19 pandemic hitting the Republic. The decrease amounts to 1.3 million tonnes of CO2 compared to 2018. It is mainly due … Read more
– Schneider Electric, the leader of digital transformation in energy management and automation, has appointed Kas Mohammed to succeed Pradyumna Pandit as Vice President of its Digital Energy Division in the UK and Ireland. Kas has worked at Schneider Electric for 13 years, most recently acting as the Midlands Regional Director for Digital Energy, where … Read more
: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has launched a free online training resource to help businesses reduce their energy costs. The SEAI Energy Academy can help to lower energy bills by as much as 10%, potentially even more, by educating businesses and employees on changing energy use behaviours and effective energy management. With … Read more
2020 marks the 50th annual Earth Day To mark Earth Day 2020, Wisetek, a global leader in advanced IT asset disposal, data destruction, technology reuse and manufacturing services, is calling on Irish companies to ethically manage their e-waste … Read more
April 22, 2020, marks the 50th anniversary of World Earth Day, which has climate action as the theme. The anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions emitted into the atmosphere from various sources (industries, transportation, oil fields, and others) are the principal cause of climate change. The harmful emissions reaching the atmosphere continue to rise due to a … Read more
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) today published its Renewable Energy in Ireland 2020 report. The report, which is based on 2018 data, provides a detailed analysis of Ireland’s progress towards the 2020 renewable energy targets. Renewable energy sources supplied 11% of overall energy use in 2018 with the remainder coming from carbon intensive … Read more
On 5 April the Irish Single Electricity Market (SEM) experienced a negative day-ahead trading price for almost the whole day. The below graph shows the day-ahead market starting at -€6.0/MWh, before falling as low as -€14.5/MWh at 2:00 pm. Overall, the day saw 20 of the hourly settlement periods outturn negative. Similar movements were observed … Read more
Irish Water, the state forestry company Coillte, and the HSE between them account for one third of all the energy consumed in the Irish public sector. The information is contained in the latest annual report on Public Sector Energy Efficiency Performance published by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. The report analyses the progress being … Read more
In 2009 the Government set a national target to improve energy efficiency by 20% by 2020. It has set the public sector the more challenging target of improving its own energy efficiency by 33%. Since 2009 the public sector has improved its energy efficiency by 24%. To ensure that the public sector fully realise its … Read more