Renewables

Skillnet and Wind Energy Ireland, have joined forces to attract mid-career professionals into off-shore wind services as labour demands increase in the sector.

The Solar Capital Investment Scheme, part of TAMS III, has been a huge success, but will the next Government top up the budget, or risk farm solar investments coming to an abrupt stop?

Stephen Robb profiles some of the large-scale anaerobic digestion plants in development around the country

Many of the 18 AD projects which have received Department of Agriculture grant aid are now unlikely to be built due to delays in the Department of Environment's flagship support policy.

There have been fresh calls to use hydrogen in hard-to-abate transport sectors in Ireland, including heavy-duty trucks and buses, shipping and aviation, cutting emissions by 260,000 tonnes per year.

With several large-scale solar farms planned for Ireland's boglands, Stephen Robb asks whether bogs could be the solution to the solar vs. agriculture land debate.

The project, located in Swinford, Co Mayo, was designed to be fully supplied with agricultural feedstock from local farmers, with 35% sourced from slurry and 65% from multispecies grass swards.

Over the first 10 months of the year, 14% of wind energy production was wasted because of record levels of constraints on the electricity grid.