Tagged: Wind Energy
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Renewable energy player Gaelectric raises €65m News
25.03.2013 Swedish investment group Proventus Capital Partners and German bank Nord/LB have concluded a €65m funding deal with Irish renewable energy player Gaelectric. The debt finance... -
Mainstream Renewable Power awarded CPD accreditation from Engineers Ireland News
20.03.2013 Engineers Ireland has awarded sustainable energy firm Mainstream Renewable Power (MRP) its CPD Accredited Employer standard following an audit of the company’s lifelong learning... -
Researchers envision New York state powered entirely by renewables News
12.03.2013 Imagine a state powered only by renewable energy. It’s possible, according to US researchers who have mapped out an alternative energy future for New York that includes jobs and... -
Midlands wind energy platform could lead to €1bn spend and 6,000 new jobs News
08.03.2013 Harnessing the Irish midlands’ potential for exportable wind energy to the UK could see civil engineering and construction investments of €1bn lead to between 3,000 and 6,000...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Green Tech, Green, Government, Engineering, Energy, Economy -
Wind energy has a significant role in Europe beyond 2020 – Rabbitte News
04.02.2013 Ireland's Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, was in Vienna this morning to speak at the opening of the European Wind Energy Association's (EWEA) annual wind energy event, where... -
#GreenGrowth – UK energy deal could power industrialisation of Ireland’s Midlands (videos) News
25.01.2013 Mainstream Renewables’ Eddie O’Connor said the UK-Ireland Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see Irish wind energy power homes and businesses in the UK will prove to be... -
#GreenGrowth - Ireland could generate 10,000 green collar jobs by 2015 (video) News
25.01.2013 Ireland has the potential to create 10,000 green collar jobs by 2015 and become a major exporter of wind energy to the UK in the years to come, Minister of State at the... -
MoU signing paves way for exporting of wind energy from Ireland to Britain News
24.01.2013 Dublin’s Aviva Stadium was the setting this evening for the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Irish and UK governments to progress plans for the trading...Categories: Science, Renewable Energy, Green Tech, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Education, Economy -
Ireland's wind-energy industry welcomes MoU on renewable energy trading News
24.01.2013 With Ireland's Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte, TD, and the UK’s energy secretary Edward Davey set to sign a memorandum of understanding... -
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,... -
How Eirgrid’s €500m Grid Link could help Ireland meet its renewables targets News
18.01.2013 When Eirgrid’s €500m overhead power line to connect Munster and Leinster is built, it will have the scope to create a much more efficient electricity grid and integrate more... -
Clean energy investments fell by 11pc in 2012 – BNEF News
14.01.2013 New data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) suggests that clean energy investments dropped by 11pc in 2012 due to factors such as regulatory uncertainty and policy... -
Google pumps US$200m into Texas wind farm News
10.01.2013 Google has invested US$200m in a 161 megawatt (MW) wind farm in Texas in the US, with the company now having invested in 11 renewable energy projects since 2010. -
BP and Sempra open two new wind farms in US News
09.01.2013 BP’s wind-energy division and Sempra US Gas & Power, a developer of renewable energy and natural gas solutions, have started the commercial operation of a 141 megawatt (MW) wind... -
Is Apple set to give the wind-energy sector an overhaul? News
08.01.2013 It seems Apple could be planning to develop a new type of wind power technology as the company has filed a patent for a wind-energy storage solution. -
Wind-energy industry in US gets lift in ‘fiscal cliff’ bill News
02.01.2013 As part of its measures to avoid a US ‘fiscal cliff’ economic crisis, the US Congress has voted to extend tax credits on wind energy for another year in a move that could avert...Categories: Tax, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Energy, Economy -
DSV renews €400k energy supply contract with Energia News
20.12.2012 Logistics firm DSV is renewing its 12-month €400,000 energy supply deal with Energia to power up eight of DSV’s operations in Ireland with 2.6 gigawatt hours of electricity. -
Taxes and Incentives for Renewable Energy Reports
02.08.2012 This report describes the 2012 taxes and incentives provided by 23 countries around the world to promote renewable energy from wind, solar, biomass, geothermal and hydro power.Categories: Tax, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Management, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Energy, EconomyTags: KPMG, Wind Energy, Solar, Biomass, global , Clean Tech, Energy Efficiency, Biofuels, Trends, Clean Energy, Electricity, -
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 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...