As ESB Electric Ireland competes, for the first time, in the deregulated residential electricity and gas markets, the company is launching a new range of price plans for the residential electricity and gas markets that will offer substantial savings for customers. These include: * Savings of up to 17% on electricity unit rates, representing the … Read more
ESB International has applied to the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government for foreshore exploration licences in the first step towards developing a 5 Megawatt wave energy project off the west coast of Ireland. This will enable the company to conduct marine surveys and resource measurements at two locations – Killard Point, County Clare … Read more
Ireland will generate enough renewable energy by 2040 to effectively cover 100% of the nation’s energy requirements, according to Peter Harte, chairperson of the Irish Wind Energy Association’s Markets Committee. He also sees Ireland becoming a carbon-free power and transport nation, with most, if not all, of our current fossil fuel plants decommissioned by then. … Read more
UK energy regulator Ofgem has announced how the new performance-based RIIO framework will encourage the efficient investment and innovation required for Britain’s gas and electricity transmission and gas distribution networks. The price controls for these networks will run for eight years from 2013-2021. RIIO (Revenue=Incentives+Innovation+Outputs) is designed to incentivise companies to meet the unprecedented challenges … Read more
ESB International has been appointed by NamPower, the Namibian state-owned electricity utility, to provide technical advisory services for the development of the 800MW Kudu combined cycle power plant at Oranjemund on the Namibian border with South Africa. The power plant will use gas from the offshore Kudu Gas field to produce electricity for Namibia and … Read more
The UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) has released a major new report addressing two of the British Government’s toughest energy policy goals – delivering reliable energy to consumers while meeting its legal commitment to reduce C02 emissions by 80% by 2050. The report concludes that: * The UK electricity sector must be decarbonised by 2050, … Read more
Belfast Harbour and DONG Energy, a world leader in offshore wind farms, are combining to establish a new hub for the burgeoning offshore wind energy sector. As part of the project, Belfast Harbour is to fund and build a new £40m, 450m quay and 50-acre logistics space on the County Down side of the Harbour. … Read more
Alternative fuels have the potential to gradually replace fossil energy sources and make transport sustainable by 2050, according to a report presented to the European Commission by the stakeholder expert group on future transport fuels. The EU will need an oil-free and largely CO2-free energy supply for transport by 2050 due to the need to … Read more
Flogas is now supplying the LP Gas required to power the CHP (combined heat and power) units located at the six Applegreen Motorway Service Areas on the M1 at Lusk and Castlebellingham and the M4 at Enfield. Each location is fifty times the size of an average service station and on a par with the … Read more
Competitive reliable and sustainable power will be key to economic recovery in Ireland and Northern Ireland, it was stated today at the opening of a major energy conference in County Louth. The 2010 EirGrid Group Customer Conference, entitled ‘Working together for a sustainable future’, was addressed by EirGrid Group chairperson Bernie Gray and by group … Read more