# wind energy

This year

2023

# wind energy ireland

Govt must invest in ports in order to build offshore wind energy projects, report finds

Belfast is currently the only port on the island of Ireland that is capable of constructing offshore wind farms.

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Apr 13th 2023, 8:13 AM

Last year

2022

# EU ENERGY

EU plans 'emergency intervention' to halt energy price rise

The EU Commission president said €300 billion would be invested to accelerate the transition towards sustainable energy sources.

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Aug 29th 2022, 5:15 PM

# renewables

Wind energy has provided 34% of Ireland’s power this year

July saw a two-fold increase in demand met by wind compared with the same period last year.

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Aug 8th 2022, 7:07 AM

# blown away

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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May 9th 2022, 5:02 PM

# wind energy

ESB to decommission 70-turbine Derrybrien wind farm in Co Galway

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.

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Mar 16th 2022, 5:29 PM

# renewable

Opposition to wind farm near Cork's scenic Gougane Barra raised in Dáil

A Cork TD said the move has taken locals “very, very much by surprise”.

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Feb 8th 2022, 8:45 PM

All time

# wind energy

Ireland has big targets for wind energy - but getting there won't be a breeze

Almost one third of Ireland’s electricity comes from wind generation, with just 8% coming from fossil fuels like coal and oil.

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Oct 23rd 2021, 8:00 PM

# climate action

Ramp up in wind energy needed to meet electricity demand from data centres and electric cars, says Varadkar

The amount of electricity generated from renewable sources must rise from 30% to 70% by 2030.

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Dec 28th 2019, 7:30 AM

# Unfair Dismissal

Sacked worker who went along with false story to 'protect teammate' awarded €50k compensation

The former technician at the wind farm services company won his unfair dismissal case at the Workplace Relations Commission.

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Jul 19th 2018, 6:15 AM

Voices

'Ireland is the second-worst performing EU member state in tackling climate change'

That’s where offshore wind energy comes in, writes Stephen Wheeler.

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Jul 9th 2018, 7:00 AM

# Power up

This morning's wind generated enough electricity to power 1.8 million homes

That is an all-time record.

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Jan 11th 2017, 6:20 PM

# energy independence

BAI upholds complaint against the 'Power to Power Ourselves' wind energy ad

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.

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Sep 15th 2016, 6:35 PM

# Your Say

Poll: Are you in favour of wind turbines?

The new minister for natural resources wants more public consultation on the issue.

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May 8th 2016, 9:59 AM

# Breath of fresh air

The State is taking a €35 million punt on a huge new wind energy venture

The energy fund is set to start work on several wind farms in Ireland this year.

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Feb 29th 2016, 4:52 PM

# sponsored by wind energy

6 facts about Irish energy use that will make you stop and think

Did you know we’re one of the most energy-dependent countries in Europe?

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Jan 6th 2016, 3:50 PM

# electric shocks

Power isn't quite paying like it used to for ESB

Profits are down at the semi-state, but it’s still delivering a €300 million windfall to the government.

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Mar 25th 2015, 5:10 PM

# no spin zone

Poll: Should more be done to develop renewable energy in Ireland?

There has been a lot of debate about the country’s energy mix for the future.

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Mar 19th 2015, 1:31 PM

# great drying out

Ireland's wind energy on Sunday night was enough to power almost 1.5 million homes

It was not a good hair day.

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Dec 24th 2014, 6:45 AM

# NIMBY

The Environment Minister says he wouldn't want to live beside a wind turbine

The Labour Party deputy leader was speaking to local radio in Waterford this morning.

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Sep 15th 2014, 8:30 PM

# Tipperary

Turbines taller than Spire get green light despite fears over environmental impact

Planning permission had previously been refused due to concerns over the site’s impact on a protected bird species and local bogs.

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Aug 2nd 2014, 3:20 PM

# turbines

Global Wind Day: Wind meeting 2% more electricty demand than last year

Members of the public have been granted access to a number of wind farms to mark the day.

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Jun 15th 2014, 1:14 PM

# European elections

Green Party has 'maintained its shape under enormous pressure': Mark Dearey looks to Brussels

Currently a Dundalk town councillor, Dearey will be running in the new Midlands-North-West constituency.

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Apr 20th 2014, 11:30 AM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

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Apr 15th 2014, 4:45 PM

# protest goes on

Government accused of using 'spin' to take attention away from wind farm protests

Campaigners claim that nothing has changed after the weekend’s announcement that a deal couldn’t reached with the UK on wind energy export.

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Apr 15th 2014, 7:30 AM

# wind energy

'Incensed' anti-pylon groups take their protest to Leinster House

Wind Aware Ireland said that the Government’s wind energy policy is a “completely ineffective way of reducing C02″.

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Apr 15th 2014, 6:30 AM

# Exports

Gilmore: Not viable to export wind energy to Britain... right now

He was hesitant to state whether Ireland would support sending an EU security force to Ukraine.

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Apr 14th 2014, 12:42 PM

# shelved

It's official: The Government has cancelled its Midlands wind energy export plan

Ireland and the UK couldn’t agree on a final deal.

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Apr 13th 2014, 11:56 AM

# wind aware

New website holds microscope to "industry-driven" wind energy production in Ireland

Wind Area Ireland is a launching a site today that it hopes will become a resource for communities, journalists, and policy-makers.

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Apr 10th 2014, 7:15 AM

# Breath of fresh air

Wind farms to face stricter regulation under proposed legislation

The government says it will not oppose a Sinn Féin bill on the height of turbines.

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Apr 9th 2014, 9:09 AM

# ratio

The distance from a wind turbine to a house should be 10 times its height says new bill

Sinn Féin are set to table the bill today but insists that it doesn’t make them anti-wind energy.

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Apr 8th 2014, 4:06 PM

# wild atlantic way

Wind turbines height increase refused as it will impact on scenic Donegal

Donegal County Council said the turbines height would impact in a negative way on Kinnagoe Bay.

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Mar 13th 2014, 9:54 PM

# Oireachtas agenda

Seanad reform, wind energy and Irish prisoners in the UK

Everything happening in Leinster House today.

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Mar 11th 2014, 9:00 AM

# In Doubt

Rabbitte set to face questions on 'shelving' of UK wind export plan

The plan would see up to 1,000 turbines constructed in Ireland but negotiations on this with the UK appear to have stalled.

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Mar 9th 2014, 2:49 PM

Voices

Column: Giving local communities a financial stake could solve our energy problem

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.

Mar 4th 2014, 7:16 PM

# turbines

These five graphs dig into the figures behind wind energy in Ireland

Figures show that wind power generation did not meet forecast electricity generator 58 per cent of the time over the past five years.

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Feb 23rd 2014, 8:45 AM

Voices

Column: Politics and sound economic decisions don't mix, as our energy policy shows

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.

Feb 20th 2014, 1:09 PM