Tagged: Energy
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22 energy-efficiency projects to support Irish jobs News
19.06.2013 As part of the Government’s jobs action plan, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is set to support 22 Irish energy-efficiency projects spanning both the public...Categories: Sustainability, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Economy -
Irish company Mainstream gets onshore planning consent for Scottish wind farm News
18.06.2013 Mainstream Renewable Power, the Irish solar and wind farm developer led by Eddie O’Connor, has been granted planning consent for the onshore cable works to connect its proposed...Categories: Sustainability, Research, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Tech, Engineering, Energy -
Jobs boost potential as Govt makes €6.4bn available to invest in infrastructure News
13.06.2013 Thousands of new jobs may be on the cards in the construction of vital infrastructure in the areas of broadband, transport, energy and essential services after the Government of... -
Facebook opens hydro-electric powered data centre in Sweden News
13.06.2013 Facebook’s newest data centre in Luleå, Sweden, has just gone live and is handling traffic from the company’s 1.1bn global users. The facility is also powered by... -
SSE claims to have invested €2bn in Ireland since 2008 News
06.06.2013 Energy utility SSE has marked its fifth anniversary in Ireland, with the company claiming that it has invested the equivalent of €1m every day for the last five years, bringing...Categories: Careers and Employment, Energy, Green Tech, Investments, Renewable Energy, Sustainability -
Dataplex establishes new 70,000 sq-foot data centre in Dublin News
30.05.2013 Data centre player Dataplex has established a new 70,000 sq-foot data centre in Dublin 15 which it says will have a PUE rating of 1.15 and which uses indirect free air cooling.Categories: Green Tech, Green Computing, Energy, Digital Media, Digital Business, Data Management, Data Centre -
Dublin’s digital future on show at Mansion House event (video) News
24.05.2013 During the Open Innovation 2.0 conference this week, a two-day public event was hosted in Dublin’s Mansion House to showcase the exciting and innovative new technologies that...Categories: Sustainability, Research, Renewable Energy, Infrastructure Management, Green Tech, Energy, Education, Digital Media, Development, Apps -
#OI2Dublin – Glen Dimplex CEO on the future smart grid and energy storage (video) News
21.05.2013 We talk to Sean O’Driscoll, chief executive and chairman of the Irish group Glen Dimplex, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of electrical heating technology, about the...Categories: Sustainability, Research, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Engineering, Engineer, Energy -
Google and Cisco take joint lead in Greenpeace green IT rankings News
24.04.2013 Cisco and Google have both earned the top spot in the latest Cool IT Leaderboard from Greenpeace that ranks 21 global IT and telecom giants based on the innovative steps they...Categories: Consumer Tech, Energy, Green, Green Computing, Green Tech, Renewable Energy, Search Engines -
We must continue to Europeanise our energy strategies – EU Energy Commissioner News
24.04.2013 “We must look beyond 2020 to come to a next level of binding energy targets up to 2030 and to agree common energy and climate change policies” – these were the words of the EU... -
World needs a rapid expansion in low-carbon energy technologies, warns IEA News
17.04.2013 The drive to clean up the world’s energy system has stalled – these were the words of the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) executive director Maria van der Hoeven, who was...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Research, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Government, Energy, Education -
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...