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Workers needed for Ireland’s €38bn offshore wind industry

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.

18 December 2024 RENEWABLES
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Renewables focus: where to next for farm solar PV?

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?

18 December 2024 RENEWABLES
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A look under the bonnet of Ireland’s future AD plants

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

18 December 2024 RENEWABLES
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Ireland’s AD plans in doubt due to further delays in flagship policy

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.

18 December 2024 NEWS

Fresh calls to develop hydrogen in Ireland

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.

16 December 2024 NEWS
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Can bogs solve Ireland’s solar woes?

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.

11 December 2024 RENEWABLES

An Bord Pleanála refuses Mayo AD plant

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.

11 December 2024 NEWS

14% of wind energy lost in 2024 due to weak grid

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.

11 December 2024 RENEWABLES

Renewable electricity generation in NI falls

Renewables accounted for 44.5% of total electricity consumption in Northern Ireland, a decrease of 2.9% from the previous year

9 December 2024 NORTHERN IRELAND