Offshore wind energy firms hopeful of major EU support
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. Currently in excess of 2,500 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind energy are in planning, alongside about another 8,000MW of onshore wind energy, representing potential investment...
€300bn for offshore windfarms – Are windfarms a good idea?
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 good deal of money from selling the extra electricity we dont use. I would also like...
Dublin Bikes – Over 6000 sign up!
Got my Dublin Bikes subscription card today, can’t wait to have a go on one of these bikes! This is the card you get below, the same size as your credit card: According to Dublin Bikes and the City Council the scheme is proving even more populour then they ever imagined it would be. I...
Eirgrid gets permit for link
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 we could become a wind energy giant with the west coast as just one big massive wind farm! NATIONAL ELECTRICITY network operator...
