Renewables

‘Appropriate plan-led site selection is crucial for preventing critical ecological damage to the very environment that’s meant to be protected by the transition to renewable energy’

Mark Kelly believes global warming is ‘too benign a term’ given the extreme rainfall in Ireland over the past year

‘You could over-complicate it,’ Joe Devine says. ‘This is about reversing the drainage of a bog, and seeing what benefits are going to emerge’

'Leading tech company' has signed agreement to take energy from solar farm

FarmZeroC wants its approach to be deployed across thousands of farms

Renewables industry adviser says lack of checks means palm oil could have been passed off as green fuel

‘Why is this energy-guzzling industry continuing to expand when we know Ireland needs to rapidly reduce energy demand, both on security and climate grounds?’

Buttevant-based renewables specialist wins approval for Alberta development

Call comes regarding heating homes as independent body welcomes 6% fall in carbon emissions by building sector

State still ‘well off track’ for 2030 targets despite reductions in almost all sectors

Do not be fooled by a cool June in Ireland - our planet is on track for its hottest year and cutting emissions is vital

Storage systems can bank excess energy from renewables that can be utilised on the grid instead of fossil fuel

Dublin-listed renewable energy storage developer has signed a deal with Dutch market leader SemperPower

It is easy to discern a reflective personality and a strong engineer mindset in the man leading the ESB

Delays in getting planning permission for wind farms has meant 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction targets are in jeopardy

Thinking in a Climate Emergency: The more you look, the more climate and environmental impacts you find. So lines must be drawn and this is where legal responsibility tends to trump ethical responsibility

Government must move to ensure ‘repowering’ to more efficient wind farms is made a lot easier

Land use report critical to meeting big challenges including ensuring land becomes substantial store of carbonm says Eamon Ryan

The utility deal for Pallas Windfarm Limited has been referred to the competition regulator

At a time of climate crisis sustainable aviation fuel is a long way off, while industry figures don’t count flight emissions