Categorised as: Renewable Energy
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100 Irish ‘green’ hotels to get e-car charge points News
24.05.2012 ESB ecars and Fáilte Ireland are leading what they are terming a Green Hotel Drive to install ecar charge points in 100 green-accredited hotels around Ireland. -
BT calls on students to enter Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition News
23.05.2012 BT Ireland has launched the 2013 Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, so students from around Ireland have until 1 October to enter their ideas and inventions. -
Dublin ad firm to acquire Proventus Energy in €55m deal News
23.05.2012 Dublin outdoor advertising firm Captive Audience Display Solutions (CADS) is holding an EGM today to approve its proposal to carry out a reverse takeover of the UK renewable...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Investments, Financial, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Deals Done -
Cities of Opportunity Reports
29.06.2011 Cities of Opportunity 2011 makes its fourth analysis of the trajectory of 26 cities, all capitals of finance, commerce and culture - and through their performance, seeks to open...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Mobility, Infrastructure Management, Government, Energy, Education, Economy, AnalysisTags: PwC, Transport, Infrastructure, Innovation, Life Sciences, Media, Green Energy, Health, Environment, -
Bat experts converge in Dublin to talk about windfarms News
15.05.2012 Bat experts from all over Europe, the Middle East and North Africa are at the Eurobats conference in Dublin Castle this week. They are here to discuss how to best protect bats... -
Honda tests ‘smart home’ in Japan that runs on off-grid energy News
11.05.2012 Honda has been pioneering a new type of smart home in Japan to test out its Honda Smart Home System (HSHM) technologies to control and monitor energy usage using solar power,... -
Tesla’s shares rise as Model S electric sedan to arrive in June News
10.05.2012 Tesla Motors may have just reported first quarter losses of US$89.9m, but the electric car maker also saw its shares jump yesterday after it said that it expects to start...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Mobility, Investments, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Engineering, Energy -
Will Google self-driving car be future's safety vehicle? (video) News
10.05.2012 This week, Nevada was the first state in the US to grant Google a special licence to test out its self-driving car, essentially a modified Toyota Prius vehicle, on its streets...Categories: Design, Energy, Engineer, Engineering, Intellectual Property, Internet, Investments, R&D, Renewable Energy, Science, Sustainability -
Microsoft vows to be carbon neutral by 1 July News
09.05.2012 Microsoft is pledging to become carbon neutral from 1 July across all of its direct operations, including its data centres, software development labs, air travel, and office... -
World Congress on Water, Climate and Energy in Dublin next week News
09.05.2012 Ireland will next week host a six-day international Congress on Water, Climate and Energy that is being organised by the International Water Association. -
Clean tech sector in Ireland could generate 80,000 jobs by 2020 News
07.05.2012 At least 20,000 and as many as 80,000 new jobs and a boost of €3.9bn to Ireland’s GDP by 2020 are possible if Ireland focuses on clean tech. This would require a national clean... -
Energia’s new €14m wind farm to power more than 9,000 homes News
08.05.2012 Energia is finishing the build of its latest wind farm, Caherdowney, located near Ireland's Cork-Kerry border. -
Siemens reveals 'eHighway of the Future' concept in US News
08.05.2012 Siemens has revealed its plans to clean up US highways that have heavy amounts of truck traffic via its eHighway of the Future solution. -
Energy summit achieves global clean-tech commitments News
27.04.2012 Energy ministers from 23 governments and the UN Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative were in London this week for the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM)....Categories: R&D, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Government, Energy, Education, Economy, Consumer Tech, Computers, Renewable Energy, Science, Sustainability -
Energia in €32m electricity contract with local authorities and state bodies News
26.04.2012 Fifty two Irish local authorities have moved to Energia, with the energy provider expecting to supply over 180 gigawatt hours of electricity to power the local authorities’... -
Greenpeace activists target Apple stores in US and Canada News
25.04.2012 Apple may have reported incredible second-quarter revenues of US$39.2bn yesterday, but that didn’t deter Greenpeace activists, as they staged protests at Apple stores in San...Categories: Green Computing, Green, Sustainability, Servers, Renewable Energy, Multimedia, Green Tech, Data Centre, Computers -
Carlow company to power up London Olympics News
23.04.2012 Whitelite Automation, an engineering firm based in Carlow, has secured a multimillion euro contract to keep the London Olympics powered up via its UPS modules.Categories: Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Data Centre, Renewable Energy, Sustainability -
Bord Gáis to inject €400m into wind-farm portfolio News
23.04.2012 Bord Gáis Energy (BGE) is planning to inject €400m into its wind-farm portfolio, as the company is aiming to develop a further 250MW of wind energy over the next three years,... -
CERN expert to speak to engineers in Belfast News
20.04.2012 Belfast native Dr Stephen Myers, who works as director of accelerators and technology at the CERN particle physics laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland, will be in Belfast next...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Green Tech, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy -
Grid25 will help Ireland’s economic recovery, EirGrid says News
19.04.2012 EirGrid has released the findings of its annual report in Dublin, where chairperson Bernie Gray said the Grid25 update of Ireland’s electricity grid would provide a platform for...Categories: Engineer, Energy, Engineering, Financial Results, Green, Green Tech, R&D, Renewable Energy, Sustainability