France’s buildings are becoming unlivable amid heatwave. But air conditioning remains divisive
Air conditioning is a thorny issue but it can form part of a relatively low-carbon response to rising temperatures
Renewables
Sinn Féin TDs get lost in translation over their own amendment
Big Jim O’Callaghan hears voices, Zelenskiy’s joke opens the Euro Lingo Bingo, laptop Lawless comes down on data centres
Gas network charges could increase as customers decline
Regulators seek feedback on likely natural gas charges
What should Ireland do as EU president? A to-do list by Fintan O’Toole, Lara Marlowe and others
The EU budget, online safety, Ukraine’s accession, removing red tape from green energy, or neutrality – what should the Government prioritise?
Ireland’s Greenest Places: Community is the catalyst that can create change
Shining a light on people working together to protect and restore our natural enviromnent is a key function of this year’s competition
Eirgrid’s new strategy includes 20-year-old plan for power line
Power line connecting Meath with Tyrone key to easing electricity grid bottleneck
EirGrid to pay landowners up to €50,000 per pylon along its north-south powerline
Company has written to farmers offering two compensation deals for pylons and lines
SSE grew Irish revenue by 36% last year despite losing customers
Company reported ‘an acceleration’ in development of data centres, with energy sold to the sector in Ireland trebling
Data centre energy rules will boost green power development, says Amazon chief
Corporate deals will aid renewable projects raise the cash necessary to complete project development, conference told
Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions to fall by just half of the amount pledged
Drop from agriculture sector might be as low as 4 per cent, environmental agency says
Solar energy surges as grid taps into Ireland’s of sunny spell
Solar Ireland warns renewable energy is being ‘wasted’ as national grid and related infrastructure is not keeping pace with power generated
Fifty ways Ireland can leave fossil fuels behind set out to Government
Proposals from Friends of the Earth say public backs the move but supports are needed
Electricity prices halved on recent windy days
Electricity prices expected to rise in the weeks ahead due to Iran conflict but the roll-out of Irish wind and solar farms has slowed
Ireland’s nuclear debate generates a lot of hot air but no clean energy
There’s little serious analysis making the case for nuclear power in Ireland as part of energy and climate policy
Ireland could fund renewable projects elsewhere as part of EU deal to meet climate targets
State is already on track to miss its own renewable energy goal by 2030
Ireland needs to scale up its vision for offshore wind
The State is still thinking too small about the scale of the opportunity
Why is Jack Chambers so coy about designating offshore wind as critical infrastructure?
Designation would oblige public bodies to smooth the path of offshore wind farm projects in so far as their statutory powers allow
Europe’s air temperatures becoming ‘dangerously high’, amid record heatwaves in 2025
Temperatures exceeded 30 degrees inside Arctic Circle as entire continent suffered extreme weather
Stream BioEnergy invests €80m in Ireland’s largest food and garden waste biomethane plant
Ireland needs to agree deal with European Commission to help protect and grow Irish biomethane sector, says industry figure
Pivoting to sustainability: We must become energy independent of US and Middle East
Government needs to face down vested interests and push towards renewable power
When the crisis is caused by oil dependence, the solution isn’t cheaper oil
The tactics used by protesters show that our vulnerability is the fossil fuel system itself
Farmer growing 70% of Irish broccoli says solar farms threaten food security
Plan for 140MW solar farm on 338 acres in Kildare is sited on ‘some of the most fertile and productive agricultural land in Ireland’
Iran war triggers 19% jump in Irish wholesale electricity prices
Increase in wind energy shields country from worst of spike, Wind Energy Ireland says
Fuel protests must not derail Ireland’s climate plan. Neither should data centres
If global oil prices soar past $100 a barrel, it will be impossible to shield the Irish economy - or anyone reliant on fossil fuels - from the impact
Ireland is still too small for a nuclear power plant
Energy shock will drive focus on reducing reliance on oil and gas and the answer lies in further investment in renewables
Learning from the 1970s oil shock
Temporary fixes to insulate the population from the full costs of an energy price spike won’t work in the event of a longer-term conflict
Wind farm to appeal significant ruling finding it caused nuisance to neighbours
Decision was first in Ireland or the UK to find wind turbine noise levels unreasonably interfered with neighbours’ properties
What the world can learn from Ireland’s battle to power data centres
The country is a canary in the coal mine for dealing with the strains of a boom in energy demand
Iran war displaces millions, homelessness in Dublin and the new Elvis Presley movie
Early Edition with Andrew McNair – our top stories on Friday
Renewable fuels and the price of diesel
The price of HVO and other biofuels seems to be tethered to the fluctuations of fossil fuel markets
Price of our dependence on fossil fuels is becoming clear yet again
But renewable energy relies on resources that will never run out and cannot be cut off as act of aggression
Greencoat aims to tap data centre demand with new joint venture
Listed energy player in partnership with Schroders to supply digital industry
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