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Residential Flooding Halt’s Construction on Wind Farm

Coillte and Bord na Mona are in the process of constructing a wind farm with 20 turbines near Strokestown. The farm is expected to generate 64 megawatts, and if everything

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Ireland’s First Sustainable Homes Label

The Irish Green Building Council has launched Ireland’s first sustainable homes label to encourage the construction of quality residential housing developments. This is a voluntary label called Home Performance Index

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Dundrum Town Centre signs green energy deal with Vayu

Irish energy supplier Vayu Energy has signed a significant renewable electricity deal to supply Dundrum Town Centre with 100% green electricity. The agreement, which will meet Dundrum Town Centre’s year-round

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SEAI Public Sector Energy Programme shortlisted for EU Award

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland’s Public Sector Energy Programme has been shortlisted for this year’s prestigious EU Sustainable Energy Awards. The programme is one of only nine shortlisted from

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Ireland to cut emissions from buildings to meet Paris Agreement

Governments, businesses, consumer groups and NGOs are being urged to come together to create ambitious plans for how Ireland will cut emissions from existing buildings, in order to meet the

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AirSynergy intalls first renewable hybrid streetlight

Irish company Airsynergy’s wind and solar powered off-grid Remote Power Unit (RPU) has become the very first renewable hybrid streetlight to be installed in the Caribbean island country of Grenada. “We

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Kingspan CEO welcomes signing the Paris Agreement

Kingspan has welcomed the signing of the Paris Agreement that took at the UN General Assembly in New York. The agreement is the output of the COP 21 negotiations in Paris

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SEAI calls on organisations to build on €1bn energy savings

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) today called on organisations to build on the €1 billion in energy savings that have already been achieved by entrants to the Sustainable

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ESB invests €3.3m in Endeco Technologies

ESB NovusModus, ESB’s clean tech fund, is to invest €3.3 million in Endeco Technologies which is part of a growing portfolio of investments. This investment and ongoing partnership will enable

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Oil prices ascend in Asia as output meeting approaches

With Brent climbing back above $40, the oil prices leaped in Asian trade today, as the market digested falling US output ahead of a producers’ meeting this month to discuss

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Energy upgrades should be trebled, says report

If Ireland is to achieve its 2020 energy efficiency targets, the number of homes and businesses being upgraded for improved energy efficiency each year needs to be trebled. A report

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New domestic smart meter contract win with Economy Energy

Smart Metering Systems plc, the integrated metering services company that connects, owns, operates and maintains current generation and new advanced metering assets and databases, is pleased to announce that it

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Investment of Total Irish windfarm might hit €2.7bn

A forecast from the Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA) indicates that the Windfarm construction will be worth €500m to the building sector in the next four years. The numbers, due

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Anti-pylon groups pull out of Eirgrid talks

Two anti-pylon groups have pulled out of talks with Eirgrid over the North-South interconnector. The majority of landowners and local communities in Meath, Cavan and Monaghan is represented by the

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Minus7 launches a revolutionary low carbon heating system

A new and revolutionary solar heating, hot water and energy storage system, designed by British clean-technology company, Minus7, was launched at EcoBuild 2016 at London’s ExCel.  Installed in social housing schemes,

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Hydro electric power station to be developed in Co Tipperary

    Hydro electric power station to be developed in Co Tipperary

Minister for the Environment Alan Kelly has just announced a proposed €650 million hydro-electric plant which will seek to create 400 construction jobs and 50 permanent jobs on a disused mining

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Innovative Irish energy projects have delivered €1billion in energy savings in 12 years

    Innovative Irish energy projects have delivered €1billion in energy savings in 12 years

Sustainable Energy Awards 2015 Open For Ambitious Energy Projects Organisations from multinationals to SMEs & community organisations driving culture of change in energy efficiency   22nd May 2015 – Close

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Renewable Energy Use Grew by 10% in 2014. Primary energy use fell while economy grew

    Renewable Energy Use Grew by 10% in 2014.  Primary energy use fell while economy grew

18th May, 2015 – Renewable energy use in Ireland increased by 10% in 2014 while consumption of fossil fuels fell 1.2%.  That is according to provisional energy data for 2014

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Kirby Group in strategic alliance with Mott MacDonald

    Kirby Group in strategic alliance with Mott MacDonald

Irish-owned engineering services contractor Kirby Group has entered into a strategic alliance with Mott MacDonald, a UK-headquartered management, engineering and development consultancy. Through the alliance, the companies will offer design

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Kosmos- Irish drilling in 2017.

    Kosmos- Irish drilling in 2017.

US explorer Kosmos Energy is set to attract fresh investment to its two Irish-based licences, via a farm-out process, later this year. Drilling at the assets, located in waters off

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Kingspan and ESB in NI solar panel initiative

    Kingspan and ESB in NI solar panel initiative

Kingspan and ESB unveiled on Tuesday a new joint venture in Northern Ireland that will offer local businesses the opportunity to get involved in a solar energy project that they

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FenestraPro Premium for Revit – Efficient Facade Design for Architects

    FenestraPro Premium for Revit – Efficient Facade Design for Architects

FenestraPro, a leading provider of software that enables energy efficient facade design, is delighted to announce the launch of FenestraPro Premium for Revit, continuing the development of the FenestraPro Add-in

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Apple looks to invest more than €400m on power projects for its €850m Irish data centre

    Apple looks to invest more than €400m on power projects for its €850m Irish data centre

Apple is looking to invest more than €400m directly to fund at least six renewable energy projects in Ireland. The firm has invited partnership proposals from green energy developers to

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Shareholders at NTR in line for €240m sale payout

    Shareholders at NTR in line for €240m sale payout

Irish renewable energy group NTR has up to €240m in its arsenal to return to shareholders following the sale of

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Gaelectric completes €65 million funding round for on-shore wind energy portfolio in Ireland

    Gaelectric completes €65 million funding round for on-shore wind energy portfolio in Ireland

Irish renewable energy generation and energy storage group, Gaelectric, has raised €65 million in funding for its portfolio of on-shore

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Energy efficient windows for retrofits receive Component Award

    Energy efficient windows for retrofits receive Component Award

The winners of the second Component Award, this year for Passive House windows for energy efficient solutions in the context

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