10.02.2012 Tesla has just debuted its latest all-electric vehicle, a crossover it's calling the Model X. The SUV-type vehicle will feature futuristic falcon-wing doors and is set to go...
09.02.2012 The clean-tech tax changes to the Finance Bill have been welcomed by the Green IFSC, which says Ireland's Government is likely the first in the world to recognise forest carbon...
Irish, NI and Scottish governments to pursue €7bn joined-up energy grid?
Smart grid implementation has risen by 25pc in past year - survey
Boeing landed its fuel-efficient Dreamliner at Dublin Airport this week
24.01.2012 Exporting eye: Arklow firm creates offshore wind farm vessel for UK market
19.01.2012 Three California utilities launch web-based tool to deliver real-time energy...
19.01.2012 Wyoming could be the setting for what is being termed North America's largest...
17.01.2012 Magnetar Venture to set up US$100m clean-tech fund by March 2012
17.01.2012 First Solar says it has set a new world record for solar module efficiency
Tesla has just debuted its latest all-electric vehicle, a crossover it's calling the Model X. The SUV-type vehicle will feature futuristic falcon-wing doors and is set to go into production in 2013.
The clean-tech tax changes to the Finance Bill have been welcomed by the Green IFSC, which says Ireland's Government is likely the first in the world to recognise forest carbon credits in tax legislation.
Irish company Ocean Energy has today landed a major contract to provide the first wave device to the offshore marine energy test site Wave Hub in Cornwall by the end of the year, giving a welcome boost to Ireland's wave-energy sector.
Greenpeace has today released its latest Cool IT Leaderboard that pitches IT giants against each other for how they are using their IT prowess to tackle climate change and influence the push toward clean-energy solutions. Google has come out on top for its clean energy leadership, followed by Cisco and Ericsson. In all, Greenpeace ranked 21 IT firms for how they are embracing clean-energy leadership and their potential to influence energy decisions.
Ireland has a new energy-efficient lab for academics and pharmaceutical companies to dabble with. Waldner Ireland is behind the lab, which aims to show scientists and academics in the pharma space how they can alter their behaviour in relation to energy efficiency when carrying out lab work, so they can lower their energy output by up to 40pc.
India is now outpacing the rest of the globe in terms of its clean-tech investments, that's according to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance. And the reason for India's clean-tech upsurge? It's down to the improving cost competitiveness of wind and solar, says Bloomberg.
We hear that successful games entrepreneur Dylan Collins - the supremo who sold Demonware to Activision for US$15m and whose subsequent venture Jolt was snapped up by GameStop - has become chairman of a promising Cork technology company whose ambition it is to be the Google of tree data.
The Obama administration is shaping up to kick start offshore wind energy in the US as part of its clean-tech focus for the economy. Just yesterday, the Obama administration announced it was moving forward to lease four areas off the mid-Atlantic coast to offshore wind-farm developers.
MINI has gleaned the cleanest car in Ireland accolade as part of a survey carried out by Motorcheck.ie. Fiat, Seat Lexus and Renault also made it into the top 5, based on how they have been tackling their carbon footprint, according to the survey.
Despite a challenging economic climate, US venture capital (VC) investments in clean-tech companies hit US$4.9bn in 2011, according to a new Ernst & Young clean-tech investment analysis out today. The energy and electricity generation segments, when combined, led investment in 2011, based on the analysis.
Irish firm Cylon Active Energy has secured its first US contract following an Enterprise Ireland trade mission. The company will apply its cloud-based, real-time energy management technology to centrally monitor and analyse the energy consumption of Raleigh Convention Center in North Carolina.
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16.01.2012 The Government has a six-week public consultation to look at its proposed reforms of the water sector and the setting up of a State-led utility called Irish Water.
05.01.2012 The European Commission has awarded 27 data centres of technology giant IBM for energy efficiency, based on the European Union (EU) Code of Conduct for Data Centres.
05.01.2012 Energy security is a global issue due to rising gas and electricity costs. How energy poverty is hitting Irish homes and ways that technology can help.
