Renewables

Ireland has almost no pristine rivers left and is producing ‘more waste than ever’, State of Environment report finds

‘Renewables will soon overtake coal as the single biggest source of global electricity’

Group had got court permission to proceed with judicial review action against decision allowing White Hill Wind to build seven turbines on Carlow-Kilkenny border

State will ‘tip over’ to the east coast if building overly concentrated in capital city, according to Minister

Five installations proposed for the Irish Sea and one off Co Galway coast involve €10bn investment

Environmental group lodges objection to large wind farm proposed for Irish Sea off north Dublin

The project is expected to involve either 68 turbines standing at 314 metres, or 75 turbines at 288 metres

Friends of the Earth report card concludes ‘programme for Government commitments were not strong enough in first place’

‘Appropriate plan-led site selection is crucial for preventing critical ecological damage to the very environment that’s meant to be protected by the transition to renewable energy’

Mark Kelly believes global warming is ‘too benign a term’ given the extreme rainfall in Ireland over the past year

‘You could over-complicate it,’ Joe Devine says. ‘This is about reversing the drainage of a bog, and seeing what benefits are going to emerge’

'Leading tech company' has signed agreement to take energy from solar farm

FarmZeroC wants its approach to be deployed across thousands of farms

Renewables industry adviser says lack of checks means palm oil could have been passed off as green fuel

‘Why is this energy-guzzling industry continuing to expand when we know Ireland needs to rapidly reduce energy demand, both on security and climate grounds?’

Buttevant-based renewables specialist wins approval for Alberta development

Call comes regarding heating homes as independent body welcomes 6% fall in carbon emissions by building sector

State still ‘well off track’ for 2030 targets despite reductions in almost all sectors

Do not be fooled by a cool June in Ireland - our planet is on track for its hottest year and cutting emissions is vital

Storage systems can bank excess energy from renewables that can be utilised on the grid instead of fossil fuel

Dublin-listed renewable energy storage developer has signed a deal with Dutch market leader SemperPower

It is easy to discern a reflective personality and a strong engineer mindset in the man leading the ESB

Delays in getting planning permission for wind farms has meant 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction targets are in jeopardy

Thinking in a Climate Emergency: The more you look, the more climate and environmental impacts you find. So lines must be drawn and this is where legal responsibility tends to trump ethical responsibility

Government must move to ensure ‘repowering’ to more efficient wind farms is made a lot easier

Land use report critical to meeting big challenges including ensuring land becomes substantial store of carbonm says Eamon Ryan

The utility deal for Pallas Windfarm Limited has been referred to the competition regulator

At a time of climate crisis sustainable aviation fuel is a long way off, while industry figures don’t count flight emissions

Series of measures agreed by Cabinet to scale up climate actions at a faster pace

Minister for Climate Eamon Ryan details the particular risks for Ireland based on latest scientific evidence

Move gives existing investors the chance to avoid having their stakes diluted by a placing last week

Ireland continues to be the second worst carbon emitter per capita in EU and ranks 20th out of 27 member states in progress to national targets

Second major project in Australia unveiled this month as group tries to move on from Chile woes

IrDEA reports call for €1 billion State investment to kick-start the sector before 2030

A new regime of fixed tariffs, announced on Wednesday, will make it more worthwhile for individuals, companies and community projects to sell on excess power

Rail freight, heat pumps, low-carbon agricultural feed and grid investment among measures agreed

The application will go directly to An Bord Pleanála on Friday

Taoiseach Simon Harris acknowledges company’s role in leading industry through green transition

QUB team successfully deploy technology on satellites that can constantly turn to face the sun and send power back to Earth in form of microwave energy

Data centres use vast quantities of electricity and there have been calls for a moratorium on such facilities