Amazon to build wind farm in Galway to help power its data centres
The company has pledged to build on its Irish sustainability programme, with water conservation among its priorities
Caveat: There’s no place like home when it comes to tourism
Ireland is blessed with a priceless natural resource in tourism terms – its people
Wind energy advert held to have broken broadcasting law
Campaign by Irish Wind Energy Association featured John F Kennedy’s address to Dáil
Wind energy industry launches €500,000 ad campaign
Promotion is backed by semi-State bodies such as Coillte, Bord na Móna and the ESB
Data centre investments to top €3.7bn
Report estimates increase in data centres will lead to 18% rise in demand for electricity
24 Irish wind farms to open their operations to businesses
Wind energy firms put €800m of infrastructure on show to interested businesses
Apple seeks green energy projects to power €850m Galway data centre
Windfarm developers likely to top list of potential partners
US companies said to be lining up more windfarm-powered Irish data centres
Other multinationals with operations here will follow Apple’s lead, says IWEA
Tilting at windmills: the blowhard debate over new wind farms
A gale of opprobrium blew up over comments by economist Colm McCarthy deriding any further investment in wind energy
Wind energy body recommends tax breaks for individual investors
Individuals and credit unions should be allowed to claim tax relief, says IWEA
Austrian president for business forum
Irish wind energy conference highlights need to eliminate uncertainty for investors
Wind industry issues ‘open invitation’ to view turbines
Thirteen wind farms opened up to the public in effort to counter negative stereotypes
Wind energy could contribute extra €5bn a year to GDP, says report
Possibility of Ireland exporting wind energy in the short term suffers setback
What wind power could do for economy
Eurostat figures show Ireland is among most energy dependent countries in the EU
Tensions between British government parties over energy policy blamed for wind deal collapse
Wind energy export deal worth €7bn will not meet deadline
Multi-billion wind energy deal unlikely to proceed as planned
Minister for Energy blames British for dragging heels on project
Wind energy investment could lead to 35,000 new jobs
Study suggests Ireland would need to exceed current wind energy generation targets
Environmentalists react with dismay to EC climate proposals
New plans described as ‘roll-back’ of EU’s leadership on climate change
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