Coal-burning Moneypoint might be key to Ireland’s energy future
ESB dinosaur built in the 1970s will soon become the State’s premier renewable hub
Irish emissions from power-generation and industrial companies rose by 15% in 2021
Biggest rise in electricity sector due to higher demand, less wind power and more coal use
Companies in Ireland criticised over foreign human rights issues
Colombians ‘ask that we question the energy we consume, where does it come from?’
Climate plan: Government may clamp down on data centre development
Rising demand for electricity could see Moneypoint operate beyond closure date
Equinor withdrawal puts focus on offshore planning delays
Norwegian group pulling out of joint venture with ESB
The Government heads to Cop26 under an embarrassing emissions cloud
Coal provided up to 29% of the electricity consumed here last month
High-emissions electricity plants may have to stay open to avoid power cuts
Eirgrid warns of possible 1,050MW energy shortfall by 2025 due to rising demand
Up to 25% of State electricity demand in July generated by coal
Low wind speeds and power plant closures boost Republic’s reliance on the fossil fuel
Carbon emissions from power generation and industry fell by 8.7 per last year
The decrease amounts to 1.3 million tonnes of CO2 compared to 2018
ESB’s efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions cost €60m
State-owned energy group reports pretax profits of €338m last year
Transport and heat emissions holding back progress on decarbonising
Fossil fuel use in sectors a threat to Ireland’s long-term green energy goals, authority says
It’s quite possible to turn our homes into micro-generation stations
Everyone, homeowners and businesses, needs to start producing their own electricity
Growth of data centres reveals hot air in Irish energy policy
Consumers will ultimately pay for Government’s logic-defying energy policies
State’s use of public funds to buy carbon credits ‘has no domestic benefit’
Climate advisory body says lack of plans to decarbonise a major obstacle to new policy
Friends of the Earth warns Government over carbon tax
Organisation says measure will not work if people feel climate-action responsibility is being pushed onto individuals
Eirgrid to boost network by up to €190m to meet data centre demand
Economic growth and data centres fuel need for expanded electricity transmission system
Conference told ocean waves a major resource of untapped renewable energy
‘Second Shannon scheme’ could be an offshore wave-power station off the Clare coast with a future extension off Kerry’
Climate Change Advisory Council: Carbon tax needed in Budget
Chairman says without higher price on carbon, Irish CO2 emissions will continue to rise
Ireland ‘ambitious’ on climate despite rising emissions – Naughten
Event marks 30th anniversary of UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
We are not a shining example of how best to protect the planet
So what can Ireland do to reduce CO2 release given that 97 per cent of the energy we use comes from carbon fuels
Plan for Ireland to be fossil fuel free by end of century
More solar farms and bioenergy but no decision on nuclear power or banning fracking
EU leaders urged to set deadline for closing coal-fired power stations
Moneypoint in Co Clare is Ireland’s largest single source of CO2
Technology used in new pylon route a first in Europe
Grid West and North-South link cannot use the same system
Bord Gáis defends sale price of Whitegate plant
€400m power station and 680,000-strong customer base sold to Centrica for €129m
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