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Dublin and New England clean-tech clusters join forces to help companies innovate

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 alliance is to speed up the commercialisation of clean technologies and to help companies in both regions tap into expertise.

15.May.2013 12:55
Rockefeller Foundation reveals US$100m resilient cities challenge

To coincide with its 100th anniversary, the Rockefeller Foundation is kicking off a US$100m project to forge a network of 100 cities around the globe in order to make such cities more resilient in the face of climate risks, natural disasters and storms.

14.May.2013 16:05
GreenTouch study says comms networks could cut energy consumption by 90pc by 2020

As the GreenTouch consortium today shares findings of new global research, we spoke to its chairman Thierry Van Landegem, and to Thierry Klein, technical chair of GreenTouch, and head of Green Research of Bell Labs.

13.May.2013 10:27
Scottish Govt awards stg£6m contract to Samsung to develop offshore wind turbine

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 over the next five years.

09.May.2013 14:41
Gaelectric’s new stg£20m wind farm in Co Antrim to power up to 8,000 homes

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 Gaelectric’s Northern Ireland portfolio.

08.May.2013 15:58
ESA opts for Biomass satellite to measure Earth’s forests from space

The European Space Agency (ESA) has given the go-ahead for Europe’s next Earth-observing mission. Set to launch in 2020, the Biomass satellite will map and measure forests, as well as calculate their carbon content.

07.May.2013 17:23
Rowers’ attempt through Arctic’s Northwest Passage to highlight climate change

Three Irishmen and one Canadian will attempt to row across the Northwest Passage in a single season for the first time ever this July. Their goal is to become the first people to cross the 3,000km passage by human power alone, a feat that is only made possible as a result of melting ice in the passage.

03.May.2013 16:42
Dublin courier firm to test all-electric van as part of EU project

Dublin-based courier company Wheels Couriers is taking part in an EU-funded trial on electromobility by adding an electric Renault Kangoo van to its fleet. The aim of the pilot is to assess whether savings can be made by going down the all-electric route.

02.May.2013 16:07
Creating a wind-turbine manufacturing hub in the midlands

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 sector in the midlands region of Ireland to spawn new jobs.

30.Apr.2013 18:09
Goal to attract wind-energy players to set up €7bn supply chain in Ireland’s midlands

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 Ireland's midlands that could be worth in the region of €7bn.

30.Apr.2013 12:39
Bord na Móna to develop landfill gas-to-energy power plant in Kildare

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 that up to 25 construction jobs will be created once the building of the plant starts later this year.

26.Apr.2013 11:09
Scotland reveals stg£15m fund to invest in deep-water wind turbines

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.

26.Apr.2013 10:15
Google and Cisco take joint lead in Greenpeace green IT rankings

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 are taking to provide energy solutions that address climate change.

24.Apr.2013 17:56
We must continue to Europeanise our energy strategies – EU Energy Commissioner

“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 Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger, who was speaking in Dublin this morning at an informal meeting of EU energy ministers.

24.Apr.2013 13:23
ABB snaps up solar inverter player Power-One for US$1bn

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 renewable energy company Power-One in a deal worth around US$1bn.

23.Apr.2013 15:27
DIT and RED-T take part in €6m pan-European solar farm R&D project

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. The two organisations will be funded to the tune of €650,000 to provide critical expertise in the areas of battery technology, energy grid integration and commercialisation.

23.Apr.2013 07:16

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