Renewables

Hiring ‘buoyant’ for quantity surveyors, engineers, project managers and design staff

The Irish-based business has 4.5GW of renewable energy projects in the works in the United States and Ireland

Solar power is reshaping economies, industrial systems and geopolitics

A megaproject is a large-scale, complex and often transformative venture, typically costing $1bn or more

Prices remain high because we are still burning so much gas. The cheapest way to end that is to deliver the onshore and offshore wind that is ready to be built

Group weathered one of the weakest northern European wind periods on record

Company apologises to holders of €111m in debt over failure to adequately communicate with them in recent months

Survey finds two-thirds of energy stakeholders prioritise energy security over cheaper imported power

Avoiding individual site selection, new national strategy hopes to provide certainty for future energy

AIB’s new online calculator provides recommendations, estimates payback period and offers information on SEAI grants to start your solar PV journey

Forecourt rival Certa will open 25th hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuel site in Ireland in Portlaoise

Cost, complex grant processes and uncertainty are affecting move to green power, says advisory body

Nominee places range from the shadows of Croagh Patrick to a once derelict dump site in Dublin’s Liberties

At a Time of Climate Crisis: There are serious questions over the sustainability of hydrotreated vegetable oil and the industries that are promoting its use

Cumbersome planning systems greatly delay grid developments

Reports of extreme weather events are still being described as rare or unavoidable, while the findings of scientists are often dismissed as inflexible dogma

National Economic & Social Council charts a way through the energy minefield

Incentives for waste produced from manufacturing palm oil have already been pulled and Minister is now mulling limits on imports

RHO reaffirms commitment to support indigenous biomethane sector

Change would end ESB Networks monopoly of electricity line sector

Government must invest in port infrastructure, says wind industry lobby group

Irish wind farms met 30% of demand in June, while solar farms also had a record month

Target to reduce emissions by 51% by 2030, but last year they were down just 12%

Herbata plans to use 50% renewables at Naas complex

Germany weighing a ban on fuel most vulnerable to fraud by overseas producers

Efforts to bring about wind and solar farms can support land and marine biodiversity, group says

But operators to appeal High Court order to shut down three turbines fully

Ireland’s largest power plant to be used as back-up as renewables hub is scaled up

But initial purchase costs of money-savers such as solar panels still deter many from buying

Judge begins hearing to assess damages for four people over nuisance impact of wind turbine

Employers’ group Ibec publishes highly critical report on State’s net-zero plan

Urgent Government intervention needed to back sustained reductions, says climate advisory body

Opinion: ‘Yes, scaling is hard to do, so we had better do what we know already works and what we are good at delivering’

Opposition group had sought quashing of permission for Fahybeg wind farm

Developers warn on housing policy; billionaire hotelier’s Heathrow bid; and State urged to act on biogas

Almost a third of all electricity came from renewable sources with more records likely

Half of electricity generated in the Dublin region is now being consumed by data centres

Plan lacks explanation of how required €119bn-€125bn investment will be funded, EU says

Stop Climate Chaos responds to projections that show Ireland will only cut emissions by 23 per cent compared to a 51 per cent legally binding target

Do we want to spend our money on fines or ensure Ireland becomes climate resilient?