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  Microsoft vows to be carbon neutral by 1 July

  09.05.2012 Microsoft pledge to become carbon neutral across all of its direct operations.

  

• CLEAN TECH

  Energia’s new €14m wind farm

  08.05.2012 Energia is finishing the build of its latest wind farm, Caherdowney.

  

• CLEAN TECH

  Cleaning up US highways

  08.05.2012 Siemens reveals 'eHighway of the Future' concept in US.

  

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  Ireland and clean tech

  07.05.2012 Clean tech sector in Ireland could generate 80,000 jobs by 2020.

  

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  Ireland vies to be a green finance hub

  04.05.2012 Ireland's Green IFSC targets US$200bn worth of asset management.

  

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• 100 Irish ‘green’ hotels to get e-car charge points 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.

• Silicon Labs to buy Boston-based Ember for US$72m 21.05.2012

  US semiconductor company Silicon Laboratories is to acquire the Boston-based Ember Corporation for $72m. The acquisition of Ember is part of Silicon Lab’s move to enable technology for the internet of things.

• Computer reuse charity calls on companies to donate old PCs 18.05.2012

  Camara Education, the Irish charity that refurbishes computers and loads them with educational software for schools in Ireland, Africa and Jamaica, has issued a call for individuals and businesses to donate their unwanted computers to the social enterprise.

• Apple’s Cupertino HQ targeted by Greenpeace activists 15.05.2012

  Two Greenpeace activists today barricaded themselves in a giant Greenpeace version of an iPod outside of Apple’s Cupertino HQ in California. Why exactly? Well the tirade from the activists was carried out to appeal to Apple to power its iCloud using cleaner energy instead of coal.

• Bat experts converge in Dublin to talk about windfarms 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 in Europe with the onslaught of clean-tech developments as a result of windfarms, as well as road infrastructure and forestry advances.

• Honda tests ‘smart home’ in Japan that runs on off-grid energy 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, gas and electric cars.

• Tesla’s shares rise as Model S electric sedan to arrive in June 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 deliveries of its new all-electric Model S to US customers in June, earlier than planned.

• Green handset shipments may reach 392m by 2017 09.05.2012

  Are we about to witness a massive splurge in green handsets hitting the marketplace? Juniper Research appears to think so, as its latest analysis is predicting that green handset shipments will reach 392m by 2017, with more than half of these handsets being green smartphones.

• Microsoft vows to be carbon neutral by 1 July 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 buildings.

• World Congress on Water, Climate and Energy in Dublin next week 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.

• Energia’s new €14m wind farm to power more than 9,000 homes 08.05.2012

  Energia is finishing the build of its latest wind farm, Caherdowney, located near Ireland's Cork-Kerry border.

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