Tagged: Ocean Energy & News
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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... -
Galway and Monaco institutes sign memorandum of understanding News
07.04.2011 Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine Simon Coveney, TD, welcomed Prince Albert II of Monaco to the Marine Institute in Galway yesterday. -
Irish Wavebob to collaborate with Spanish Abengoa News
23.03.2011 Irish ocean wave power company Wavebob and Spanish technology company Abengoa will collaborate on a new project, working on the research, development and commercialisation of... -
Ó Brolcháin urges Government to rule out nuclear options News
16.03.2011 Galway Senator Niall Ó Brolcháin urges the new Government to focus on renewable energy resources and to rule out nuclear power generation as an option for Ireland. -
SEAI signs funding agreement with Australian wave energy developer News
12.01.2011 SEAI has secured a formal funding agreement with Australian renewables company Carnegie Wave Energy for a €150,000 project to evaluate potential wave sites for its CETO...Tags: Green Jobs, Green Economy, Ocean Energy, Bord Gais, Tidal Energy, OpenHydro, SEAI, Wave Energy -
SEAI prepares for clean energy revolution News
05.11.2010 Energy roadmaps for ocean energy, bio energy and energy efficiency were revealed by the Sustainable Energy Authority today to help target Ireland’s renewable energy ambitions. -
Geevagh Windfarm Open Day a hit for Ireland’s future green entrepreneurs News
17.06.2010 Eco Wind Power and Energia host open day at Geevagh Windfarm to mark Global Wind Day. -
Green and digital economies are pivotal to Ireland’s future News
29.04.2010 The creation of 300 jobs via EirGrid’s new transmission network indicates how digital networks and future green industries are inextricably linked, says Communications Minister...Categories: Green, Digital 21, Cloud, Careers and Employment, Green Computing, Renewable Energy, Sustainability -
Energia takes on Ireland’s wave power News
10.05.2010 Energia and Ocean Energy Systems have signed a new electricity off-take agreement for wave energy. Energia is to add wave power to its 220MW renewable energy portfolio,... -
ESB strikes major deal on Irish wave-energy farm News
15.06.2010 ESB International (ESBI) has entered an agreement with one of Europe’s largest electricity utilities, Vattenfall, to develop ocean wave-energy projects off the west coast of... -
Green R&D in Ireland – an overview News
30.12.2009 Ireland is staking its claim as the home for green tech with much green R&D taking place in our third-level institutions.Categories: R&D -
The Digital Business Week News
08.02.2010 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week.Categories: BusinessTags: Payzone, Ocean Energy, -
Ocean Energy signs major deal with US multinational News
05.02.2010 Ocean Energy, a specialised commercial company developing wave energy technology based in Cobh, Co Cork, has signed a major deal with Dresser-Rand, a global supplier of...Categories: Business, Clean TechTags: Ocean Energy, Wave Energy, -
Irish tidal energy firm wins pivotal US contract News
14.04.2009 OpenHydro has secured a major contract to develop a tidal energy pilot project for a public utility provider in Washington State in the US.