Tagged: Ocean Energy
-
Dublin firm Tech Works Marine wins €670k ESA renewable energy deal News
07.03.2013 Tech Works Marine, a Dun Laoghaire-based Earth-observation company, has won a €670,000 contract with the European Space Agency (ESA) to expand the use of satellite imagery in... -
West of Ireland wave energy project gets €19.8m in EU funding News
18.12.2012 The European Commission has today awarded €19.8m in funding to the WestWave wave energy project off the west coast of Ireland. The project, which is being led by ESB, will...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Energy -
Rabbitte launches energy industry cluster in Cork News
07.12.2012 Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD, is in Cork today to launch a new initiative called Energy Cork that will aim to develop an industry-driven energy cluster in the Cork region to...Categories: Sustainability, Research, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy -
Ocean energy innovation and where Ireland is positioned (interview) News
19.10.2012 This week Dublin was the setting for a three-day global conference on ocean energy. Before the event closed up today, Siliconrepublic.com spoke to Eoin Sweeney, head of ocean...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Energy -
Irish-Scottish offshore renewable energy grid could become a reality by 2020 – report News
14.09.2012 The findings of a detailed study on the potential for an offshore renewable energy grid connecting Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland have been revealed this morning by...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, Green Tech, Government, Engineering, Energy, Economy -
Iceberg twice the size of Manhattan breaks away from Greenland glacier News
18.07.2012 An iceberg that’s reportedly twice the size of Manhattan, New York, has torn away from Greenland’s Petermann glacier. The event has been captured by NASA’s Aqua satellite. Some... -
Australian government launches $200m clean-tech innovation programme News
12.07.2012 The Australian Government has created a AUS$200m Clean Technology Innovation Program to provide grants for Australian businesses that come up with innovative ways of reducing...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Private Irish Business, Investments, Green Computing, Green, Government, Enterprise, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Education, Economy -
Ireland and green growth (video) News
12.07.2012 Ireland can become a global epicentre for the green economy, according to experts who converged in Galway last week for a sustainability summit. -
Ireland and Washington to explore clean-tech business alliances News
04.07.2012 Against the backdrop of today being Independence Day in the US, a delegation from Washington State’s Department of Commerce has visited the Sustainable Energy Authority of...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Intellectual Property, Green Tech, Green, Government, Engineering, Energy, Economy -
SMEs pitch their technologies at SmartOcean Innovation Exchange in Galway today News
03.07.2012 This morning in Galway at the SmartOcean Innovation Exchange, which is taking place as part of the Volvo Ocean Race Global Village, 22 SMEs – both Irish and international – are... -
Galway buoy tweets out meteorological data for Volvo Ocean Race finals News
18.06.2012 A special buoy that can harness the power of Twitter has been installed in Galway Bay for the final leg of the 2012 Volvo Ocean Race that the city is hosting in July.Categories:Tags: Ocean Energy, Clean Tech, -
50th anniversary of second American to orbit the earth News
25.05.2012 It was on 24 May in 1962 that NASA astronaut Scott Carpenter became the second American to orbit the earth, after he piloted his Aurora 7 spacecraft through three revolutions,... -
Scientists predict US$2trn cost to ocean economies News
21.03.2012 Scientists at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) have released a new study that has placed the effects of climate change on the world’s ocean ecosystems under the... -
Ocean Energy to deploy €9m device at UK marine energy test site News
08.02.2012 Irish company Ocean Energy has today landed a major contract to provide the first wave device to the offshore marine energy test site Wave Hub in Cornwall by the end of the...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, Careers and Employment -
Ireland tops the EU for wind energy integration, says EirGrid News
15.12.2011 The island of Ireland has surpassed the rest of the EU countries for its wind energy integration. That's according to EirGrid chief executive Dermot Byrne, who says Ireland is...Categories: Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Renewable Energy, R&D, Green, Government, Engineering, Energy, Economy, Green Tech -
World’s largest tidal farm to be installed off French coastline News
01.09.2011 French utility giant EDF is divining into the tidal energy expertise of Irish firm OpenHydro to create a 16m offshore tidal installation off the coast of Paimpol-Bréhat, France....Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, Recruitment, R&D, Networks, IT Organisation, IT Management, Investments, Green Computing, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Education, EconomyTags: Green Energy, Green Jobs, Smart Grid, Ocean Energy, OpenHydro, Green Economy, Europe, Electricity, -
Ireland loses out to Scotland in wave energy round News
23.05.2011 With Scotland having secured two major wave power projects in recent days, the Marine Renewables Industry Association (MRIA) says Ireland has lost out in ‘round one’ of the...Tags: Wave Energy, Ocean Energy, -
ESB International creates corporate blog News
18.04.2011 ESB International (ESBI) is tapping into the power of social media by creating its own corporate blog to showcase its views on the energy sector, covering topics such as...