Tagged: Wind Turbines & News
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Bat experts converge in Dublin to talk about windfarms News
15.05.2012 Bat experts from all over Europe, the Middle East and North Africa are at the Eurobats conference in Dublin Castle this week. They are here to discuss how to best protect bats... -
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. -
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,... -
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... -
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... -
EirGrid to spark new life into all-island economy via smart grid News
20.10.2011 Ireland’s independent electricity transmission system operator EirGrid has set itself a target to help the economies on the island restore steady fiscal growth trajectories by... -
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 -
Where is China’s clean technology agenda heading? News
06.12.2011 With certain economists predicting that 90pc of the world's feasible coal supply will run out by 2070, how is China reacting to the clean-tech revolution that’s already gripping...Categories: Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Jobs, Investments, Intellectual Property, Green Computing, Green, Global CIO, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, Green Tech, Sustainability -
EU plans massive offshore wind push, with green job spin-offs News
29.11.2011 Europe’s offshore wind sector is set to reach a major growth spurt, as developers are showing increasing interest in this clean-tech area, which appears to have massive jobs... -
Google powers down its renewables drive News
23.11.2011 Google is abandoning its Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal initiative, first launched in 2007 via Google.org as an effort to drive down the cost of renewable energy. But it is...Categories: Sustainability, Search Engines, Science, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Computing, Green, Global CIO, Energy, Data Centre, Consumer Tech, Green Tech, CIO -
Bill Gates tweets on need for 'energy miracles' News
17.11.2011 Microsoft chairman Bill Gates yesterday tweeted “Wanted: energy miracles counter threat of catastrophic climate change. Innovation can make this possible”. He’s aiming to drive...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Life Sciences, Green Computing, Green, Government, Energy, Economy, Green Tech, Education, Supply Chain Management -
ESB secures €235m European Investment Bank loan News
17.11.2011 ESB is set to sign a new loan facility for €235m with the European Investment Bank (EIB) this afternoon. The loan will be used to fund 'smart' investment in Ireland’s...Categories: Sustainability, Supply Chain Management, Storage, Renewable Energy, R&D, Jobs, Investments, Green, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, Green Tech -
Energia to power up 52 GamesStop stores in Ireland News
14.11.2011 GameStop has signed a new electricity supply contract with Energia. The deal, worth €250,000 annually, will see Energia supply more than two gigawatts to GameStop’s network of... -
How Europe can go about achieving CO2 targets News
08.11.2011 As Switzerland becomes the latest country to plan a giant wind farm, the European Wind Energy Association is holding an event in Brussels this evening about how the EU can go... -
Energia in clean energy and gas deal with 33 VECs across Ireland News
24.10.2011 Independent energy provider Energia has won a new dual-fuel energy supply contract to provide 33 city and county VECs around Ireland with gas and renewable electricity.Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Private Irish Business, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Education, Economy, Green Tech -
Ireland on clean-tech high as it sets new wind power record News
20.10.2011 Ireland hit a new wind-energy record on Thursday, 6 October at 2.30pm, when the power generated from wind reached 1,341 megawatts (MW) – enough power to supply 870,000 homes....Categories: Sustainability, Research, Renewable Energy, R&D, Green Computing, Green, Government, Global CIO, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy, Green Tech, CIO, Careers and Employment -
North America offshore wind test centre looks to the Dutch News
14.10.2011 Drawing heavily on Dutch renewable energy expertise, North America’s first offshore wind turbine test centre is aiming to be an important stepping stone for offshore wind...Categories: Sustainability, Risk Management, Renewable Energy, Green Computing, Global CIO, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Green Tech -
Is Ireland losing out to other EU nations on renewables? News
06.10.2011 The Irish Wind Energy Association has today released alarming statistics, asserting that Ireland is losing out to other European nations on renewables, despite having some of...Tags: Green Economy, ESB, Bord Gais, Electricity, OpenHydro, Wave Energy, Solar, Wind Turbines, Green Jobs, Killarney, Ireland, Siemens, Green Tech -
Ireland’s wind energy sector launches KidWind course News
18.08.2011 Gaelectric Group and the Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA) have set up a new course called KidWind to educate teachers and students about the benefits of Ireland’s wind...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Internet, Green, Government, Engineering, Engineer, Education, Economy, Digital 21, Green Tech -
Three new wind farms planned for Ireland, totalling 13.6MW News
15.08.2011 Irish energy storage group Gaelectric is partnering with the Chinese wind turbine manufacturer XEMC Group to co-develop three new wind farms in Ireland, valued at €18m. The two...Categories:Tags: IDA Ireland, China, Smart Grid, Wind Turbines, US, Wind Farms, Offshore Wind, Wind Energy, Ireland