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#OI2Dublin – Intel’s Martin Curley: we will need two Earths to support human life (video) News
20.05.2013 Intel vice-president and director of Intel Labs Europe Martin Curley warned that at the present rate of consumption we will soon need two Earths to sustain human life. For this... -
#OI2Dublin - SolarPrint and Intel demo energy harvesting device at innovation event News
20.05.2013 Dublin solar cell technology company SolarPrint is showcasing a new light-energy harvesting multi-sensing device for CO2 and temperature control within buildings at the Open... -
#OI2Dublin - Dr Stephen Hawking says world needs a more sustainable trajectory News
20.05.2013 Celebrated physicist Dr Stephen Hawking has warned that in light of the world surpassing 400ppm (parts per million) of carbon dioxide – the highest in 2m-3m years – the world... -
Dublin and New England clean-tech clusters join forces to help companies innovate News
15.05.2013 Dublin’s clean-tech cluster the Green Way is forging a new partnership with ACTION, a network of clean-tech incubators in the New England region of the US. The aim of the...Categories: Sustainability, Research, Renewable Energy, Networking, Marketing, Green Tech, Green, Energy, EducationTags: Clean Tech, San Jose, -
Creating a wind-turbine manufacturing hub in the midlands News
30.04.2013 Renewable energy entrepreneur Eddie O’Connor, founder and CEO of Mainstream Renewable Power, talks about the scope to create a supply chain manufacturing hub for the wind-energy... -
Dublin’s Digital Hub appoints Edel Flynn as interim CEO News
26.04.2013 Edel Flynn will take on the role of interim CEO of the Digital Hub following the retirement of Philip Flynn after 11 years in the role. -
DCU launches online course in clean-tech management News
25.04.2013 Dublin City University (DCU) is launching a new master’s targeted towards the clean-tech sector. The aim of the MSc programme, which will be delivered online, is to upskill...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, Management, Green Tech, Green, Graduate, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Careers and Employment, Career Doctor -
Google and Cisco take joint lead in Greenpeace green IT rankings News
24.04.2013 Cisco and Google have both earned the top spot in the latest Cool IT Leaderboard from Greenpeace that ranks 21 global IT and telecom giants based on the innovative steps they...Categories: Consumer Tech, Energy, Green, Green Computing, Green Tech, Renewable Energy, Search Engines -
We must continue to Europeanise our energy strategies – EU Energy Commissioner News
24.04.2013 “We must look beyond 2020 to come to a next level of binding energy targets up to 2030 and to agree common energy and climate change policies” – these were the words of the EU... -
DIT and RED-T take part in €6m pan-European solar farm R&D project News
23.04.2013 DIT has joined forces with Dublin renewable energy company RED-T to embark on a three-year €6m European research project on solar energy involving 12 companies across Europe....Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, R&D, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Funding, Energy -
EU ministers to converge in Dublin for energy talks this week News
22.04.2013 Ireland’s Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, will be hosting an informal meeting with EU energy ministers at Dublin Castle this week to thrash out ideas on topics such as ICT and... -
Earth Day 2013 celebrated via animated Google Doodle News
22.04.2013 Earth Day is being marked all over the world today and Google is getting in on the action by featuring a colourful and interactive doodle on its homepage to mark the cycle of...Tags: Google, Climate Change -
UCC secures ‘green campus’ status for second time News
19.04.2013 University College Cork (UCC) has retained its standing as a ‘green campus’ as a result of its environmental and sustainability drive. The university was first awarded the... -
Obama homes in on clean tech in budget proposal for fiscal year 2014 News
11.04.2013 Yesterday, US President Barack Obama unveiled his US$3.8trn budget plan for fiscal year 2014. As part of his budget proposals, Obama is calling for a 40pc increase on spending... -
Solar financing platform Clean Power Finance raises US$37m News
09.04.2013 US solar software and financing company Clean Power Finance, which provides an online platform to connect the residential solar industry with the capital markets, has raised...Tags: Venture Capital, Solar Energy -
More CO2 emissions mean more turbulent air travel - study News
08.04.2013 If carbon dioxide emissions double by 2050, air travellers are going to experience more turbulence more often and longer journey times, a new study has revealed. -
EU launches latest investment fund for low-carbon technologies News
04.04.2013 The European Commission has launched a second call for renewable energy and carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects to apply for funding under its NER300 programme.Categories: Sustainability, Research, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Energy -
Bill Gates invests in battery-tech start-up News
03.04.2013 Bill Gates has become the latest investor to invest in Aquion Energy, a US start-up that is pioneering a new type of battery that uses sodium-ion technology.Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Energy -
Bentley lights up Crewe factory with UK’s largest rooftop solar panel system News
02.04.2013 Iconic car maker Bentley is driving its sustainability agenda, as the company is about to connect what it is terming the UK’s largest rooftop solar panel system at its factory...