Tagged: Green Economy & News
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100 Irish ‘green’ hotels to get e-car charge points News
24.05.2012 ESB ecars and Fáilte Ireland are leading what they are terming a Green Hotel Drive to install ecar charge points in 100 green-accredited hotels around Ireland. -
Springboard offers 6,000 new education opportunities News
22.05.2012 The Irish Government has announced 6,000 new part-time higher education places for job seekers via the Springboard programme, focused on areas with skills shortages.Tags: Pharmaceutical, Green Economy, Medical Devices, ICT, Government, Jobs, Skills, Education, Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, IDA, -
Energy summit achieves global clean-tech commitments News
27.04.2012 Energy ministers from 23 governments and the UN Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy for All initiative were in London this week for the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM)....Categories: R&D, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Government, Energy, Education, Economy, Consumer Tech, Computers, Renewable Energy, Science, Sustainability -
Intel marks World Earth Day with energy review News
20.04.2012 World Earth Day is in two days' time, and here in Ireland Intel has released data for its Reduce our Energy initiative, whereby it worked with 10 local businesses and...Categories: Sustainability, R&D, Internet, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Engineer, Energy, Business Intelligence, Engineering -
Green economy forum to explore smart city opportunities News
23.03.2012 Clean-tech and sustainability experts from Ireland, Madrid and Vienna will be sharing their insights on smarter cities at a conference in Dublin next week. They'll also be...Categories: Energy, Data Management, Engineer, Engineering, Green, Green Computing, Green Tech, R&D, Science, Supply Chain ManagementTags: SEAI, Smart Buildings, ICT, Sustainability, IBM, Ireland, Green Economy, Dublin City Council, Clean Tech, -
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... -
Global Green Asset Management Network launches at NYSE News
20.03.2012 The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has marked Ireland Day, with Taoiseach Enda Kenny, TD, ringing the opening bell, and Ireland’s Green IFSC initiative launching the Global... -
Celestial Green Ventures to create 30 clean-tech jobs in Dublin News
29.02.2012 Celestial Green Ventures, a Dublin-based sustainable forestry development company, is preparing to create 30 new jobs, as a result of the global growth in green investments. -
Apple to build 20MW solar farm at North Carolina data centre News
21.02.2012 In its latest environmental report, Apple has revealed how it is planning to build a 100-acre solar farm around its data centre in Maiden, North Carolina. Apple is also building...Categories: Sustainability, Servers, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, IT Organisation, Global CIO, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Data Management, Data Centre, Consumer Tech, CIO -
New e-car charge points for Luas and Iarnród Éireann users News
17.02.2012 As part of its electric car mission, ESB ecars has just installed 30 electric charge points at Iarnród Éireann car parks around Ireland, as well as at Luas Park & Ride... -
Ireland: a green tech epicentre News
16.02.2012 With a Green IFSC, Ireland is emerging as a financial hub for the global green-tech industry. What will this mean for clean-tech entrepreneurs and start-ups? -
Clean-tech Finance Bill changes welcomed by Green IFSC News
09.02.2012 The clean-tech tax changes to the Finance Bill have been welcomed by the Green IFSC, which says Ireland’s Government is likely the first in the world to recognise forest carbon...Categories: Sustainability, Software, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Private Irish Business, Investments, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Government, Funding, Financial, Energy, Economy -
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 -
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 -
Ireland’s IERC gets €1m energy research funding boost News
30.01.2012 Ireland’s International Energy Research Centre (IERC) has been given a €1m cash injection from the Government, via Enterprise Ireland, to ramp up its energy research projects....Categories: Energy, Economy, CIO, Engineer, Engineering, Government, Green, Green Tech, Intellectual Property, Jobs, Networking, Private Irish Business, R&D, Renewable Energy, Research, Science, Sustainability -
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... -
Solar PV firm sets new world record for solar efficiency News
17.01.2012 With the World Future Energy Summit taking place in Abu Dhabi this week, US company First Solar has just revealed that it has set a new world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe)... -
Google gleans US patent to take self-driving cars to the roads News
16.12.2011 Google has just been awarded a US patent to switch cars from human-controlled mode into driverless mode, so cars can self-drive. Sergey Brin, otherwise known as the...Categories: Sustainability, Search Engines, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Mobility, Internet, Education, Green Tech, Energy, Engineering, Government, Green, Intellectual PropertyTags: Google, IT, GPS, Sergey Brin, Eric Schmidt, Larry Page, Lithium Ion Battery, ESB, Transport, Electric Cars, Patent, US, CO2 Emissions, Green Economy, -
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