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Energy Transition 2025
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Fighting for energy independence in Ireland
Onshore wind energy is our most affordable source of new electricity. It is clean and secure; it creates jobs at home; and it supports communities in rural Ireland. Irish wind farms provide more than a third of the country’s electricity — a higher share from onshore wind than anywhere else in Europe. Without them, we...
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Irish energy firm is helping to make renewables ‘the new normal’
An Irish energy firm wants to make it easy to transition to a greener future by offering customers various renewable solutions — such as hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) and solar. Orla Stevens, MD of energy supplier Certa, envisions a greener future for Ireland. One where filling your car up with HVO — a low-carbon biofuel...
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Ways firms will benefit by investing in the transition to green energy
Making the transition to renewable energy inevitably requires investment from companies, but it’s an outlay that comes with long-term financial and environmental benefits. Making concrete is an energy-intensive and carbon-intensive process, admits Derek Russell, Director of Innovation, New Product Development and Sustainability at Techrete, which designs, manufactures and supplies precast concrete facades to the construction...
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Summer sunshine brings new records for solar power on the grid
Ireland isn’t renowned for its sunshine, but solar is powering more and more electricity on the grid. Charlie McGee is System Operational Manager at EirGrid, the operator and developer of Ireland’s electricity transmission grid. He outlines some of the trends being seen by the National Control Centre, where EirGrid is responsible for balancing electricity supply...
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Solar PV and wind power stabilise Ireland’s renewable energy mix
Ireland’s transition to clean energy continues to accelerate, with onshore renewable electricity generation, particularly wind and solar, currently being the cornerstone of this transformation. Last year, 40% of Ireland’s electricity supply came from renewable energy. With Ireland’s advantage of abundant wind resources, along with well-thought-out policy design, we have successfully positioned ourselves as a world...