Tagged: Wind Farms
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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... -
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. -
New policy document sets out wind energy development guidelines News
27.03.2013 A policy document that sets out guidelines for Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA) members involved in wind-energy development has been published today. ‘Best Practice... -
Renewable energy consultancy Natural Power to create 20 new jobs in Dublin News
27.03.2013 Twenty new highly skilled jobs have been created in Dublin at Natural Power, an international renewable energy consultancy specialising in onshore wind, offshore wind, tidal... -
Ireland installed 125MW of wind energy capacity in 2012 – EWEA analysis News
08.02.2013 A total of 105.6GW of wind energy capacity has now been installed in the EU, with Ireland installing 125MW in 2012, according to figures published by the European Wind Energy... -
Mainstream raises US$70m for Chile wind farm News
01.02.2013 Eddie O’Connor’s Mainstream Renewable Power has raised US$70m for a 33 megawatt (MW) wind farm it has started building in southern Chile. The wind farm is expected to be up and... -
Scottish government to invest stg£1.14bn to tackle climate change News
29.01.2013 The Scottish government has today announced it will be investing stg£1.14bn as part of a three-year plan to address climate change, with the country aiming to decarbonise its...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Tech, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy -
Rabbitte to sign ‘green energy’ MoU with UK’s energy secretary tomorrow News
23.01.2013 The Irish and British governments are set to pave the way for the development of renewable energy trading between the two countries, as Ireland’s Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte,... -
Mitsubishi to pump €576m into German offshore wind projects News
17.01.2013 Dutch-owned German transmission system operator TenneT has closed a deal with Mitsubishi, which will see the Japanese firm invest €576m in four high-voltage cables to connect... -
Greenwire wind farm projects could create 3,000 jobs, claims developer News
16.01.2013 Element Power, the renewable energy group behind the €8bn Greenwire wind energy project that is aiming to export 3GW of electricity to the UK from Ireland by 2018, is calling on... -
The year in clean tech – green data centres, tidal farms and energy trading News
28.12.2012 From Greenpeace storming Apple’s California headquarters in May to new Irish ventures making headway in the energy-efficiency space and Ireland’s first electricity link with...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Government, Engineering, Energy, Economy, Data Centre -
Bord na Móna wind farm to create 150 construction jobs in Offaly News
10.12.2012 Bord na Móna is creating up to 150 construction jobs during the build of its new wind farm in Mount Lucas, Co Offaly, Ireland's Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, has announced. -
ESB’s clean-tech fund Novusmodus rebrands as Greencoat Capital News
05.12.2012 The €200m clean-tech and renewable energy fund Novusmodus, which was set up in 2009 by ESB, has rebranded as Greencoat Capital as it aims to broaden its investment activities. -
Bord Gáis secures €155m loan from EIB to progress six wind farms News
28.11.2012 The European Investment Bank (EIB) has awarded a €155m loan to Bord Gáis to go towards the construction of six onshore wind farms in the counties of Clare, Kilkenny and... -
Vestas in talks with Mitsubishi to build world’s biggest offshore wind turbine News
28.11.2012 Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has confirmed the company is in talks with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to build an 8MW offshore turbine – the world’s biggest – after the... -
Mainstream Renewable Power to progress with wind and solar projects in South Africa News
13.11.2012 Mainstream Renewable Power is to start building two solar plants and one wind-energy farm in South Africa after signing financing, power purchase and implementation agreements... -
IKEA reveals plan to become energy independent by 2020 News
23.10.2012 Furniture retailer IKEA has today revealed ambitious clean energy plans, as the company is aiming to be energy and resource independent by 2020, as well as making its products... -
Energia and IIF open two new Co Tyrone wind farms News
17.10.2012 Energy provider Energia and the Irish Infrastructure Fund (IIF) have opened two new wind farms in Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland, with the aim of adding 50.6 megawatts (MW) of new... -
IWEA claims wind energy could create 30,000 jobs in Ireland by 2020 News
04.10.2012 Experts from the Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA) have claimed Ireland’s wind-energy market has the potential to create 30,000 jobs by 2020 – that’s if the Government brings...