Posts Tagged Energy

Renewable energy target to be exceeded

Colin Broderick on 03 5, 2010 | No Comments

Renewable energy target to be exceeded

IRELAND IS set to overshoot its target for generating 40 per cent of its electricity needs from renewable energy by 2020, Minister for Energy Eamon Ryan revealed yesterday. Mr Ryan, addressing the

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Wind farms break 1,000MW barrier

Colin Broderick on 10 30, 2009 | No Comments

CHARLIE TAYLOR [singlepic id=6 w=320 h=240 float=left]The amount of electricity generated by Ireland’s wind farms broke the 1,000 megawatts (MW) barrier for the first time last weekend, providing e

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Offshore wind energy firms hopeful of major EU support

Colin Broderick on 10 12, 2009 | No Comments

OFFSHORE WIND energy producers are hoping major support for the industry will be signalled by EU Commissioner for Energy Andris Piebalgs, when he addresses their annual conference in Dublin today.

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€300bn for offshore windfarms – Are windfarms a good idea?

Colin Broderick on 09 30, 2009 | No Comments

Lets hope the ESB will speed up the connection of wind farms in the future. This industry appears to have great potential for employment in the future and who knows if we get it right we could make a

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Eirgrid gets permit for link

Colin Broderick on 09 17, 2009 | No Comments

This look's pretty sweet, for the electricity network. Hopefully it will be fully utilized for exporting all the wind energy that we have already built and in the pipeline.  Who know's maybe one day

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