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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, -
Scottish Govt awards stg£6m contract to Samsung to develop offshore wind turbine News
09.05.2013 The Scottish Government has given the go-ahead for Samsung Heavy Industries to develop a stg£6.04m test centre in Scotland to pioneer its next-generation offshore wind turbine... -
Gaelectric’s new stg£20m wind farm in Co Antrim to power up to 8,000 homes News
08.05.2013 Irish renewable energy company Gaelectric has opened its stg£20m wind farm in Carn Hill, Co Antrim. The 13.8 megawatt (MW) wind farm is the first fully operational wind farm in... -
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... -
Goal to attract wind-energy players to set up €7bn supply chain in Ireland’s midlands News
30.04.2013 Manufacturers of wind-turbine components and transmission technology are meeting today in Tullamore, Co Offaly, to discuss the potential of setting up a local supply chain in... -
Bord na Móna to develop landfill gas-to-energy power plant in Kildare News
26.04.2013 Bord na Móna is to build a landfill-gas power plant in Co Kildare that will utilise landfill gas produced from the decomposition of waste to generate electricity. It expects... -
Scotland reveals stg£15m fund to invest in deep-water wind turbines News
26.04.2013 The Scottish government has announced a new stg£15m fund that will be used to help develop prototype foundations for deep-water offshore wind turbines. -
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 -
Clean-tech forum in Dublin explores ‘green’ business opportunities News
22.04.2013 An international forum is today being hosted in Dublin to focus on clean-tech opportunities in cities across Europe and to showcase new innovations from Irish companies.Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Tech, Green Computing, Government, Energy, Economy -
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... -
ABB snaps up solar inverter player Power-One for US$1bn News
23.04.2013 Swiss engineering group ABB is aiming to become one of the world’s largest suppliers of solar inverters to target the solar photovoltaic (PV) industry as it is to acquire the US... -
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... -
Africa’s largest solar photovoltaic plant opens News
19.04.2013 Abu Dhabi renewable energy company Masdar has opened a 15-megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Mauritania in west Africa. The US$32m plant is being heralded as the largest...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Tech, Government, Engineering, Energy -
All-island renewable energy event zeros in on insurance and investing News
18.04.2013 Finance and investment in the renewable energy sector, as well as planning and project development and insurance, are some of the topics up for discussion at an all-island... -
World needs a rapid expansion in low-carbon energy technologies, warns IEA News
17.04.2013 The drive to clean up the world’s energy system has stalled – these were the words of the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) executive director Maria van der Hoeven, who was...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Research, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Government, Energy, Education -
Panasonic to donate 100,000 solar LED lamps to regions lacking electricity News
16.04.2013 Electronics giant Panasonic is planning to donate up to 100,000 of its solar LED lanterns to people without electricity in several countries in Africa and Asia by 2018, 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... -
Siemens opens new UK production plant for tidal turbines News
08.04.2013 Siemens has today opened the UK’s first-ever tidal turbine production facility in Bristol where it is planning to test and build tidal turbines that will initially be used in...