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Dublin taxi driver claims electric car saved him €6,500 over 18 months News
30.01.2013 A Dublin taxi driver who has been using an all-electric Nissan Leaf car to ferry passengers around Dublin City says he has saved around €6,500 in fuel costs over the past 18... -
Scottish government to invest stg£1.14bn to tackle climate change News
29.01.2013 The Scottish government has today announced it will be investing stg£1.14bn as part of a three-year plan to address climate change, with the country aiming to decarbonise its...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Tech, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy -
HP in drive to help car manufacturers reduce waste News
28.01.2013 Hewlett-Packard is getting involved in a shared service to help 34 of the world’s leading car manufacturers wipe out harmful substances from the automotive sector supply chain,... -
Engineering firm creates 11 jobs as Middle East strategy pays dividends News
28.01.2013 Engineering consultancy Fehily Timoney’s focus on the Middle East is paying off with €2.5m in contract wins leading to 11 new jobs. Some 30pc of the company's turnover now comes...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Development, Design -
€1m biotech investment in Algae Health paves way for 23 Galway jobs News
28.01.2013 Twenty-three new jobs are to be created in Galway by green biotech company Algae Health, which has landed a €1m investment in a round led by AIB Seed Fund and the Western... -
#GreenGrowth – UK energy deal could power industrialisation of Ireland’s Midlands (videos) News
25.01.2013 Mainstream Renewables’ Eddie O’Connor said the UK-Ireland Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see Irish wind energy power homes and businesses in the UK will prove to be... -
#GreenGrowth - Europe would need to invest stg£70bn pa to move to renewable energy (videos) News
25.01.2013 Europe would need to factor in a capital expenditure in the region of stg£70bn a year in order to effect a move away from fossil fuels and onto wind and solar energy, a senior... -
Dublin City Council launches third annual Sustainability Report News
25.01.2013 Today Dublin City Council launches its third annual Sustainability Report, providing information on steps being taken in the city to improve performance on issues of energy,... -
MoU signing paves way for exporting of wind energy from Ireland to Britain News
24.01.2013 Dublin’s Aviva Stadium was the setting this evening for the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Irish and UK governments to progress plans for the trading...Categories: Science, Renewable Energy, Green Tech, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Education, Economy -
Dublin City Council launches third annual Sustainability Report News
25.01.2013 Today, Dublin City Council (DCC) launches its third annual Sustainability Report, providing information on steps being taken in the city to improve performance on issues of... -
EIB loans €200m for Irish water investment projects News
24.01.2013 The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to provide a €200m loan to help finance 23 water projects around Ireland, including new water mains, water and waste-water treatment...Tags: Ireland, Environment, -
DCNS to buy majority stake in Irish tidal energy company OpenHydro News
23.01.2013 French naval defence and energy company DCNS is to spend in the region of €130m to gain a majority stake in the Irish tidal energy company OpenHydro, which makes turbines to... -
European Space Agency awards €800k contract to forestry data firm Treemetrics News
22.01.2013 Irish company Treemetrics, which is pioneering data analytical technology for the forestry industry, has been awarded a €800,000 contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Research, Green Tech, Green, Enterprise, Application Design and Development -
O2 urges mobile industry not to sell chargers with smartphones News
17.01.2013 A UK pilot by O2 and HTC to sell smartphones without USB chargers has been a success with four in every five handsets sold charger-free. Now O2 is encouraging phone makers to... -
15 companies to benefit from latest €750k Competitive Start Fund News
17.01.2013 Enterprise Ireland has launched the latest phase of its Competitive Start Fund with €750,000 available to up to 15 start-ups. So far, 60 companies have been funded under the... -
Clean energy investments fell by 11pc in 2012 – BNEF News
14.01.2013 New data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) suggests that clean energy investments dropped by 11pc in 2012 due to factors such as regulatory uncertainty and policy... -
Chinese clean-energy player Hanergy acquires solar PV maker MiaSole News
11.01.2013 Hanergy, one of China’s clean-energy giants, has bought the Californian manufacturer of thin-film solar photovoltaics (PV) MiaSole for an undisclosed sum. -
UCC comes third in global green campus rankings News
10.01.2013 University College Cork (UCC) has been placed third for its efforts to green its campus and reduce its carbon footprint in the latest UI GreenMetric World University Rankings. -
Ford reveals ‘smart home’ tech alliance at CES News
09.01.2013 Automotive giant Ford has announced a new cross-industry initiative involving six companies to create more energy-efficient homes in the future by integrating electric cars,... -
Is Apple set to give the wind-energy sector an overhaul? News
08.01.2013 It seems Apple could be planning to develop a new type of wind power technology as the company has filed a patent for a wind-energy storage solution.