Tagged: Wind Energy & News
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Dublin ad firm to acquire Proventus Energy in €55m deal News
23.05.2012 Dublin outdoor advertising firm Captive Audience Display Solutions (CADS) is holding an EGM today to approve its proposal to carry out a reverse takeover of the UK renewable...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Investments, Financial, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Deals Done -
Energia’s new €14m wind farm to power more than 9,000 homes News
08.05.2012 Energia is finishing the build of its latest wind farm, Caherdowney, located near Ireland's Cork-Kerry border. -
Energia in €32m electricity contract with local authorities and state bodies News
26.04.2012 Fifty two Irish local authorities have moved to Energia, with the energy provider expecting to supply over 180 gigawatt hours of electricity to power the local authorities’... -
Bord Gáis to inject €400m into wind-farm portfolio News
23.04.2012 Bord Gáis Energy (BGE) is planning to inject €400m into its wind-farm portfolio, as the company is aiming to develop a further 250MW of wind energy over the next three years,... -
Grid25 will help Ireland’s economic recovery, EirGrid says News
19.04.2012 EirGrid has released the findings of its annual report in Dublin, where chairperson Bernie Gray said the Grid25 update of Ireland’s electricity grid would provide a platform for...Categories: Engineer, Energy, Engineering, Financial Results, Green, Green Tech, R&D, Renewable Energy, Sustainability -
Public consultation opens for EirGrid’s €500m electricity grid link News
12.04.2012 Public consultation is starting today on EirGrid’s planned €500m Grid Link Project to upgrade the electricity grid. It is proposing the construction of a new power line linking...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, R&D, Private Irish Business, Government, Funding, Engineering, Engineer, Energy -
New feed-in-tariff scheme for wind energy projects News
22.03.2012 Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte TD today announced the opening of the new REFIT 2 support programme to entice investment in Irish wind energy projects. He also spoke about...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Green, Government, Financial, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, EconomyTags: Electricity, exporting, Investment, CO2 Emissions, Pat Rabbitte, Ireland, EU, Wind Energy, Smart Grid, Offshore Wind, Wind Farms, -
Vestas wins contract to build Latin America’s largest wind farm News
13.03.2012 Danish wind-turbine giant Vestas has won the contract to build Latin America’s largest-ever wind farm in the State of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. The clean electricity generated... -
Ireland’s energy infrastructure challenges – report News
27.02.2012 Engineers Ireland has today brought out its analysis of Ireland’s energy infrastructure. According to the body, Ireland’s energy infrastructure in Ireland has served the country...Categories: Careers and Employment, Communications, Economy, Education, Energy, Engineer, Engineering, Green, Green Tech, Investments, Project Management, R&D, Science -
Microsoft investing US$130m to expand data centre News
23.02.2012 Microsoft is investing an extra US$130m to expand its data centre in Dublin, which will employ 50-70 people and will create 400 construction jobs over the next 12 months.Tags: Clean Energy, IDA Ireland, Barry O'Leary, Enda Kenny, Bing, Windows, Cloud, Dublin, data centre, Microsoft, Wind Energy, Jobs -
Bord Gáis Energy issues statement on its sale News
22.02.2012 Bord Gáis Energy, which employs around 485 people, says it will now engage with the relevant Irish Government departments and other stakeholders to ensure that, when it goes to... -
Google takes top spot in Greenpeace Cool IT Leaderboard News
08.02.2012 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...Tags: Google, IBM, Facebook, Intel, Fujitsu , data centre, Climate Change, Clean Energy, Solar, Cloud, Wind Energy, -
India takes the global clean tech lead News
06.02.2012 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...Categories: Financial, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Government, Intellectual Property, Investments, R&D, Renewable Energy, Science, Sustainability -
Obama hones in on offshore wind off mid-Atlantic coast News
03.02.2012 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... -
US investment in clean-tech firms hit US$4.9bn in 2011 News
01.02.2012 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...Categories: Science, R&D, Project Management, Investments, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Global CIO, Funding, Engineering, Engineer, Energy -
Greenwave science project calls on students to check out spring News
30.01.2012 What are green waves? According to scientists, when Europe is viewed from outer space in springtime, you can see a green wave moving up across it. That’s why Irish primary... -
Irish, NI and Scottish governments to pursue €7bn joined-up energy grid? News
27.01.2012 The ISLES project, a collaboration between the Irish Government, the Scottish Government and the Northern Ireland Executive, is reportedly planning to create a joined-up energy... -
Arklow firm creates offshore wind farm vessel for UK market News
24.01.2012 Arklow Marine Services has today revealed its new 20-metre aluminum catamaran, which has been designed and built specifically for servicing offshore wind farms in the UK. The... -
US clean-tech investments leap to US$1.1bn. Where's Ireland at? News
04.11.2011 Ernst & Young analysis reveals that venture capital investments in US clean-tech firms jumped by 73pc to reach US1.1bn in Q3 2011, compared with the same quarter last year....Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, R&D, Life Sciences, Jobs, Investments, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Graduate, Government, Global CIO, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, CIO -
Energy and clean-tech challenges for planet Earth News
19.10.2011 Paris was the scene this week for a two-day International Energy Agency (IEA) meeting, when energy ministers from around the globe converged to talk about pressing issues such...