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Ireland has strongest April on record for generating wind energy
The CEO of Wind Energy Ireland has called for increased development of renewable energy.
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The CEO of Wind Energy Ireland has called for increased development of renewable energy.
The construction of the wind farm in 2003 was linked to a landslide that led to the death of around 50,000 fish and tonnes of dislodged peat.
A Cork TD said the move has taken locals “very, very much by surprise”.
Almost one third of Ireland’s electricity comes from wind generation, with just 8% coming from fossil fuels like coal and oil.
The amount of electricity generated from renewable sources must rise from 30% to 70% by 2030.
The former technician at the wind farm services company won his unfair dismissal case at the Workplace Relations Commission.
That’s where offshore wind energy comes in, writes Stephen Wheeler.
That is an all-time record.
A complainant said the ad, which features a haunting voiceover speech by JFK on Ireland’s destiny, ran foul of a ban on political advertising.
The new minister for natural resources wants more public consultation on the issue.
The energy fund is set to start work on several wind farms in Ireland this year.
Did you know we’re one of the most energy-dependent countries in Europe?
Profits are down at the semi-state, but it’s still delivering a €300 million windfall to the government.
There has been a lot of debate about the country’s energy mix for the future.
It was not a good hair day.
The Labour Party deputy leader was speaking to local radio in Waterford this morning.
Planning permission had previously been refused due to concerns over the site’s impact on a protected bird species and local bogs.
Members of the public have been granted access to a number of wind farms to mark the day.
Currently a Dundalk town councillor, Dearey will be running in the new Midlands-North-West constituency.
Campaigners claim that nothing has changed after the weekend’s announcement that a deal couldn’t reached with the UK on wind energy export.
Wind Aware Ireland said that the Government’s wind energy policy is a “completely ineffective way of reducing C02″.
He was hesitant to state whether Ireland would support sending an EU security force to Ukraine.
Ireland and the UK couldn’t agree on a final deal.
Wind Area Ireland is a launching a site today that it hopes will become a resource for communities, journalists, and policy-makers.
The government says it will not oppose a Sinn Féin bill on the height of turbines.
Sinn Féin are set to table the bill today but insists that it doesn’t make them anti-wind energy.
Donegal County Council said the turbines height would impact in a negative way on Kinnagoe Bay.
Everything happening in Leinster House today.
The plan would see up to 1,000 turbines constructed in Ireland but negotiations on this with the UK appear to have stalled.
Project developers would do well to take note of cognitive biases such as the magnificently named ‘endowment effect’ – meaning our tendency to overvalue something because we own it, writes Clare Taylor.
Figures show that wind power generation did not meet forecast electricity generator 58 per cent of the time over the past five years.
Ireland’s economic future is in our hands once again, let’s learn from the past and not mess it up with an unworkable energy policy, writes Steven O’Hanlon.
An Bord Pleanála said the ten 110 metre wind turbines at Cloghan would injure the visual amenities of the area.
Ireland’s rural citizens are victims of abusive domestic planning and an externally-driven energy policy from Europe, writes Declan Doyle.
A community-owned windfarm in Tipperary can generate enough power to supply Nenagh with electricity.
The new facility in Carrickeeny will have the capacity to generate the equivalent electricity for approximately 5,500 houses a year.
A survey has shown that most industry insiders also think €100 or higher would be a fair water charge for a four person household.
Fracking is an emotively driven environmental issue – but the Irish government could do worse than follow the UK in opening up the market here for exploration, writes Aaron McKenna.
Eurostat figures for 2011, released this morning, show Ireland imported more of its energy than 23 other EU countries.