SSE agrees to sell 50% stakes in two energy-from-waste ventures

Move comes as part of company’s plan to focus on renewable generation

Microsoft and SSE Airtricity team up on solar panels for Irish schools

Primary and secondary schools to reducing carbon footprint and costs under initiative

SSE hopes to build offshore wind farm in Ireland by 2025

The Scottish utility plans an expansion of its renewable power business to compete globally in the area of massive wind farms

Will backers of green evangelist Eddie O’Connor be rewarded for keeping faith?

Bids for Mainstream could see the business valued at up to €1bn

SSE Airtricity takes £6m charge over Covid-19 bad debts

The utility company has more than 700,000 customers in Ireland and 24% market share

Companies making progress in cutting direct greenhouse gases – report

More than 50 Irish firms have backed pledge to halve carbon footprint by 2030

SSE sees no effect from Covid-19, to continue recommending dividend

Company expects earnings per share to be at lower end of expected 83p to 88p range

SSE Airtricity cuts energy bills by ‘€102 a year’

Company is cutting electricity and gas prices for 320,000 homes

Tyrone wind farm changes hands for £51m

UK energy giant SSE sold the wind farm capable of generating energy for 16,300 homes

Green energy JV sees losses top €1m

Cork wind-farm owner cut debt by €10m to €61m

SSE Renewables to buy Offaly wind farm

Yellow River project in Rhode will have 29 turbines and is set to be operational in 2022

Investment chief wary about flashing cash ‘at this point’

Friday interview: Jim Barry, investment chief at BlackRock Alternative Investors

Sandyford Business District site with scope for new office scheme for €5m

Existing premises delivering rental income of €162,500 per annum

European shares give up gains amid concerns over Brexit

London’s FTSE outperforms as pound falters on Brexit woes

Airtricity and Michael Murnane venture clips liability to creditors

Green Energy Company Ltd reduces debt to creditors by almost 7% to just over €70m

Airtricity has shed 10,000 customers in last year

Figures are contained in a third quarter trading update from Scottish parent SSE

Oil boosts energy stocks while tech pulls Nasdaq lower in US

Uneventful day in Dublin sees Iseq Overall index fall 0.56 per cent

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Costs of State tenancy as ground bones aid space exploration

Fintan O’Toole: The big hold up for rural broadband is ideology

Using the 1950s State electricity model would be a sin against the new orthodoxy

Irish Times view on the National Broadband Plan: the wait goes on

The impatience of more than 542,000 homes and businesses in rural Ireland is understandable

Rural broadband plan looks offline, Brexit strategy shambles and Love Island

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Taxpayers could face bill of €1bn to complete National Broadband Plan

Withdrawal of SSE from the sole remaining consortium bidding for the project has raised serious questions over viability of the scheme

European shares fizzle out on poor results and slide in commodities

UK retailer Sports Direct down 7.2%, mainly due to loss on its investment in Debenhams

SSE to pay €1.14m over ‘incorrect and misleading’ statements

Some 580,000 UK customers of energy firm received statements with incorrect information

SSE Airtricity blames increased competition as profits fall

Energy firm sees drop of 22.5 per cent in year to March

Enet chief steps down ahead of awarding of broadband contract

Enet consortium is sole remaining bidder for National Broadband Plan after Eir pulled out

Broadband process still competitive despite Eir’s exit, officials say

Senior official in charge rejects claim Government has been left on back foot

Sole bidder in National Broadband Plan is ‘really committed’ to project, claims Minister

Removal of 300,000 homes from map was due to state aid rules, says Denis Naughten

FF seeks independent review of broadband plan after Eir’s exit

Party says departure of State’s largest telco had compromised tendering process

SSE Irish subsidiary pays €100m dividend to Scottish parent

Newly filed accounts show turnover down at SSE Airtricity as pretax profits increase

State broadband scheme likely to cost more than €1bn

High cost of connecting homes in rural parts likely to inflate overall cost of scheme

Fears of high costs after Eir withdraws from broadband scheme

TD says just one company is left in procurement process, raising ‘serious questions’

Rural broadband: entrenching a two-speed nation

The question must now be asked whether the tender process should continue or the State itself should become directly involved in the provision of broadband

What went wrong with the rural broadband scheme?

Why ‘rural electrification for the 21st century’ is taking so long

Rural broadband deal will be done by September, says Tánaiste

Heated Dáil exchanges follow withdrawal of Eir from procurement process

Rural broadband hits another obstacle as Eir pulls out of process

Too many questions in air as National Broadband Plan reduced to one-horse race

Naughten raises prospect of ‘plan B’ after Eir’s exit from broadband process

Minister plays down concerns over lack of competition in Government’s tender process

SSE raises profit outlook as windy weather boosts production

Supplier says production from renewables rose 25% in nine months

SSE Irish electricity generation arm books loss as it gears up for I-SEM

Revaluation of oil-burning stations contributed to loss of €11.1m

European equities flat as China suffers biggest slump in 2 years

Iseq down 0.51% with Bank of Ireland and AIB both falling

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