Tagged: Sustainable Energy
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The techie’s guide to Electric Picnic News
31.08.2012 Got your tent, sleeping bag, airbed, wellies, toilet roll and a stack of cans sorted for your trip down to Stradbally this weekend? For the hardcore tech fans among us, spending... -
Aran Islands set target to become energy independent by 2022 News
13.08.2012 Fuinneamh Oileáin Árann Comharchumann Teoranta (Aran Islands Energy Cooperative), in partnership with Energy Cooperatives Ireland, plans to turn the Aran Islands into an energy... -
Mid-West Regional Authority to receive €180,000 to develop sustainable energy News
29.06.2012 The Mid-West Regional Authority has been allocated €180,000 as part of the European STEP project, which is focused on improving sustainable energy in local government. -
Firms that invest in energy management avoiding €150m in costs News
04.05.2012 Irish-based businesses engaged in advanced energy management are avoiding €150m in energy costs and are setting world-class standards, the Sustainable energy Authority of... -
Sustainable energy sector could create 20,000 jobs by 2020 News
28.03.2012 More than 20,000 additional jobs could be created in the sustainable energy sector by 2020, according to an analysis by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). -
Airtricity to create 75 jobs in Northern Ireland News
25.05.2010 Seventy-five full-time jobs are expected to be created as a result of Airtricity beginning to supply customers in the domestic electricity market in Northern Ireland. -
Abu Dhabi firm buys into electric car maker News
14.07.2009 Aabar Investments has acquired 40pc of Daimler’s interest in Tesla Motors, taking a 4pc stake in the electric vehicle manufacturer. -
Construction sector targeted with new green-tech FÁS courses News
19.05.2009 FÁS is introducing new training programmes in the green-tech sphere for those in the construction sector who have lost their jobs and want to acquire new knowledge.Categories: R&D -
Ireland in science research pact with India News
13.05.2009 Irish and Indian scientists are to collaborate on a range of research areas such as sustainable energy, medical sciences, information and communications technology and food...Categories: R&D -
Irish Govt to allow homes and farms to sell electricity back to utility firms News
26.02.2009 Homes and farms across Ireland will soon be able to generate electricity onsite and sell it back to the national grid, as a result of measures including R&D support introduced...Categories: Government, R&D -
IBM to build smart grid for electric cars News
26.02.2009 Technology giant IBM is working with a Danish research group to build a smart grid that will support electric cars.Categories: Digital Life, R&D -
NUI Maynooth powers into Microsoft tech finals with biofuel engine News
12.06.2008 With the addition of NUI Maynooth’s Team Acidrain, the world’s largest student technology competition, the Microsoft Imagine Cup, now has two teams representing Ireland in Paris...Categories: R&D -
€90m investment in energy technology R&D News
06.03.2008 The Government has allocated €90m to target world-class research capacity in Ireland in the area of sustainable energy and energy technologies up until 2013.Categories: R&D -
HP in wind farm deal to reduce carbon footprint News
27.11.2007 HP has signed a landmark deal with Airtricity that will ensure that 90pc of the computer giant’s energy use in Ireland will be renewable.