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Community benefit funds are a useful way to enhance public engagement with energy and sustainability and address delays in developing infrastructure
solar power
Solar panel grants to be maintained as minister orders reversal of planned cuts
Darragh O’Brien said the grants worked and were helping Ireland meet clean energy targets
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Renewables group Circal names Lorraine Wrafter as chairwoman
The Irish-based business has 4.5GW of renewable energy projects in the works in the United States and Ireland
Let the sun shine: solar is fast becoming the world’s new energy superpower
Solar power is reshaping economies, industrial systems and geopolitics
Nuclear generators, hydrogen and battery storage are options we should explore to generate clean electricity
Wind and solar can’t be relied on to replace gas as a reliable source to power our electricity supply
Data centres could consume as much electricity as two million Irish homes by 2030, report predicts
But share of total power demand for data centres predicted to fall to 16 per cent by 2050
Cabinet approves scenarios for firms to build private electricity lines in Ireland
Change would end ESB Networks monopoly of electricity line sector
Wholesale electricity prices fall to lowest level since April 2024
Irish wind farms met 30% of demand in June, while solar farms also had a record month
Industry and environment groups unveil plan to accelerate renewable energy
Efforts to bring about wind and solar farms can support land and marine biodiversity, group says
Solar power hit new record on Irish grid in May
Almost a third of all electricity came from renewable sources with more records likely
Ireland falls further behind on emissions targets making billions in fines more likely
Emissions reduction of 23% anticipated by 2030, but national target is 51%
‘Nobody was looking at its potential’: The Monaghan man who built Ireland’s biggest solar power company
Based in Carrickmacross, Ciaran Marron has built Activ8 Solar Energies into a business with projected revenues of €70m for this year
Irish companies in China: ‘The Irish attitude to letting the hair down can really help’
Irish companies looking to set up shop in China say a budget of €1 million is needed to get going
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