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European nanotechnology forum opens in Dublin today News
18.06.2013 Europe’s largest nanotechnology event, the EuroNanoForum, is kicking off in Dublin today. For the next two days some 1,500 delegates from 50 countries will be convening at the... -
China takes lead in supercomputer stakes for Milky Way-2 News
17.06.2013 A supercomputer by the name of Milky Way-2 that has been developed by China’s National University of Defense Technology has managed to oust the US from the top spot in the... -
Clean, digital economy the focus of Dublin ‘gathering’ News
17.06.2013 It is gatherings galore in Dublin this week. As well as a meeting of Europe’s digital clusters in the Irish capital tomorrow, representatives from the IT, environmental and...Categories: Web, Sustainability, Software, Search Engines, Search, Science, Research, Networking, Internet, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Government, Energy, Education, Economy, Digital Media, Digital Business -
Facebook opens hydro-electric powered data centre in Sweden News
13.06.2013 Facebook’s newest data centre in Luleĺ, Sweden, has just gone live and is handling traffic from the company’s 1.1bn global users. The facility is also powered by... -
Global renewable energy investments fall by 12pc – UN News
12.06.2013 Global investments in renewable energy fell by 12pc last year to US$244bn, mainly as a result of lower solar prices and weakened US and EU markets, two new reports released by...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Energy, Economy -
Cork student wins top engineering prize for orthopaedic innovation News
11.06.2013 Patrick Byrnes, a student at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), has scooped the top prize in the student engineer of the year awards run by Engineers Ireland. He won for his... -
UCC researchers win awards for bioscience and ICT inventions News
11.06.2013 A new cardio-protective bacterial probiotic and a new software platform for air handling units have been recognised today in University College Cork’s (UCC) Invention of the... -
20 jobs for Dublin as €150m solar energy investment player Amarenco launches News
11.06.2013 Twenty new jobs will be created with the opening of a new renewable energy asset management business called Amarenco in Dublin. The business, which has an investment fund worth... -
Global experts converge in Dublin to discuss future of water News
10.06.2013 In the world today, some 783m people, or 11pc of the world’s population, do not have access to clean drinking water, while every 20 seconds a child dies from a disease related...Categories: Computers, Data Management, Energy, Engineering, Internet, R&D, Research, Software & Web Development, Sustainability, Web -
Tech start-up of the week: FenestraPro News
09.06.2013 Our tech start-up of the week is FenestraPro, a new cloud-based software solution developed by Dave Palmer and Simon Whelan that’s targeted at helping architects design... -
Mainstream inks US$1.4bn deal for wind and solar projects in Chile News
07.06.2013 Eddie O’Connor’s Mainstream Renewable Power has forged a joint venture with the investor Actis for a US$1.4bn project to bring 600 megawatts (MW) of wind and solar farms to... -
SSE claims to have invested €2bn in Ireland since 2008 News
06.06.2013 Energy utility SSE has marked its fifth anniversary in Ireland, with the company claiming that it has invested the equivalent of €1m every day for the last five years, bringing...Categories: Careers and Employment, Energy, Green Tech, Investments, Renewable Energy, Sustainability -
Enverian forges deal with renewable energy group Kedco News
05.06.2013 Enverian, the Irish start-up that provides cloud-based software solutions for the renewable-energy sector, has signed a partnership that will see it manage Kedco’s portfolio of...Categories: Software Development, Software, Renewable Energy, Private Irish Business, Green Tech, Green, Energy, Data Management -
Google to power Finnish data centre using wind energy News
05.06.2013 Google has signed a power purchase agreement with Swedish wind farm developer O2 that will see the search giant buy wind energy for 10 years to power its data centre in Finland. -
Space exhibition kicks off in Dublin today News
04.06.2013 For the next five days Trinity College Dublin (TCD) will be home to the European Space Expo, a giant dome in which people can learn all about the European space programme and... -
Nanomaterials and their scope for energy-efficient buildings of the future News
30.05.2013 With the building sector responsible for 40pc of total energy consumption in the EU, what role can nanomaterials play in improving the energy performance of buildings? We speak... -
Dataplex establishes new 70,000 sq-foot data centre in Dublin News
30.05.2013 Data centre player Dataplex has established a new 70,000 sq-foot data centre in Dublin 15 which it says will have a PUE rating of 1.15 and which uses indirect free air cooling.Categories: Green Tech, Green Computing, Energy, Digital Media, Digital Business, Data Management, Data Centre -
Ex-EPA chief Lisa Jackson to lead Apple’s environmental efforts News
29.05.2013 Apple CEO Tim Cook has confirmed that Lisa Jackson, the former head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the US, is to join the company as its environmental adviser. -
Cisco to acquire energy management player JouleX for US$107m News
30.05.2013 Networking equipment maker Cisco has revealed its plans to acquire JouleX, an energy management solutions provider, for US$107m in cash and retention-based incentives. -
EirGrid creates Twitter feed to share electricity-system information in real-time News
28.05.2013 EirGrid has created a new Twitter handle to communicate hourly updates on power system demand, outputs from wind generation, frequency and interconnection flows from the...Categories: Sustainability, Social Media, Renewable Energy, Investments, Internet, Engineering, Energy