‘Total travesty’: Plan to curb planning challenges receives nearly 300 submissions
Government plan met with wave of complaints from public and green groups
Val Cummins: From periwinkles to floating wind power
Project Emerald MD talks of State’s need to invest in and harvest the sea for electricity
Wind generates almost 40% of electricity used in Republic
Report says industry aided State in meeting renewable targets
Majority in rural community support wind farms
Industry survey says 52% of people would back construction of facitlity in their area
Next two years ‘critical’ for Ireland’s offshore wind energy sector
Irish Wind Energy Association says single biggest barrier to development is Ireland’s electricity transmission grid
Like it or not, climate change will make everyone change their lives
Are we saying goodbye to milk in our cereal, private cars and a warming fire?
Ireland ‘will be a world leader in creating a decarbonised power system’
Wind and solar will see Ireland meet its targets for renewables, says EirGrid’s chief
Public support must be won if renewable energy goals to be realised, conference hears
Eirgrid chief says: ‘It’s up to us to convince the nation this vision that we collectively have is the right one’
Ireland to miss 2030 climate targets due to ‘broken planning system’ – report
Study says planning decisions for renewable energy need to be made faster
ElectroRoute wins energy trading deal for Offaly battery project
Plants will store enough electricity to power about 100,000 homes.
Energy consumers still in the dark on cost of renewable scheme
Cantillon: Homes and businesses will pay for new supports through a levy on their bills
Green power auction wins for 19 wind farms and 63 solar projects
Energy companies bid against each other for contracts of 16.5 years to provide service
Chanelle enters US market, Compass delivers food, and EY’s awards
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Ireland can ‘almost halve’ the cost of renewable electricity
Irish Wind Energy Association: policy decisions key to pricing
Major investment in ports for offshore electricity industry urged
Sector needs up to €100m, probably on east coast, to create 3,000-plus jobs, IWEA claims
Is a 7% annual emissions cut possible? Yes, say NGOs
Follow the science say activists – 7% cut is doable environmentally and politically
Wind supplied third of electricity needs in 2019, says IWEA
Lobby group says 24 new wind farms connected to grid last year
Public could face extra charge for electricity under green subsidy scheme
New plan means if electricity prices fall below a guaranteed figure the public will cover the difference through a levy
The cost of saving the planet is rising – and has been for some time
Electricity customers here will have to pay more in future to support the development of wind farms and other renewables
‘We are an archetype of the modern European utility’
CEO Ian Thom on how Energia Group is poised to invest €3bn over next half decade
Friends of the Earth: Climate breakdown plan is 'biggest innovation' in 20 years
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland says fundamental to the success of the plan is the level of commitment of all parts of society
Wind energy accounted for 37% of State energy in first quarter
Total capacity in Republic enough to power about 2.2m homes annually
Kerry wind farm expansion generates opposition
Dozens of turbines under construction in county that already has more than 300
Left-wing parties accused of opposing moves to tackle climate change
Measure opposed by Sinn Féin and Solidarity would benefit poor, Green Party leader says
Offshore wind energy key to cutting carbon emissions, forum told
Boosting renewable energy capacity possible ‘if we embrace our offshore wind potential’
EirGrid chief warns of need to increase capacity
Electricity grid will soon have to cater to 100% renewable energy, says Mark Foley
Wind energy investment costs consumers less than €1 a year - report
Report says wind energy has delivered savings of €2.3m, more than the €1.9m PSO funding it receives
Wind farms would be banned in a third of Ireland under Air Corps guidelines
‘Deeply worrying’ Air Corps draft guidelines outline wind farm restrictions
EIB funding hit by Brexit, corporation tax backlog, and wind energy projects at risk
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Connection delays may scupper 16 wind energy projects
Projects need to be up and running by March 2020 to qualify for renewable energy schemes
Conference hears of ‘monumental’ opportunity for rural Ireland
Growth in wind energy since 2000 has cost €1 per household per year
Group calls for 70% target for renewable electricity by 2030
A report from energy and utilities analysts Baringa says target is technically possible and would be cost neutral to the consumer
Wind is changing for offshore energy
Falling costs and technological advances mean that offshore wind farms are once again a viable, and economic, option
‘The next 10 years are going to see change that we probably cannot imagine’
The need for urgent action on the climate change crisis will dramatically change the type of energy we use and how we use it
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