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European Space Agency awards €800k contract to forestry data firm Treemetrics News
22.01.2013 Irish company Treemetrics, which is pioneering data analytical technology for the forestry industry, has been awarded a €800,000 contract from the European Space Agency (ESA) to...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Research, Green Tech, Green, Enterprise, Application Design and Development -
Clean energy investments fell by 11pc in 2012 – BNEF News
14.01.2013 New data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) suggests that clean energy investments dropped by 11pc in 2012 due to factors such as regulatory uncertainty and policy... -
Chinese clean-energy player Hanergy acquires solar PV maker MiaSole News
11.01.2013 Hanergy, one of China’s clean-energy giants, has bought the Californian manufacturer of thin-film solar photovoltaics (PV) MiaSole for an undisclosed sum. -
Snapshot of students' projects from the BT Young Scientist exhibition (video) News
10.01.2013 The atmosphere at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition was electric yesterday at the RDS in Dublin, as visitors and judges took in about 550 projects presented by... -
Google pumps US$200m into Texas wind farm News
10.01.2013 Google has invested US$200m in a 161 megawatt (MW) wind farm in Texas in the US, with the company now having invested in 11 renewable energy projects since 2010. -
BP and Sempra open two new wind farms in US News
09.01.2013 BP’s wind-energy division and Sempra US Gas & Power, a developer of renewable energy and natural gas solutions, have started the commercial operation of a 141 megawatt (MW) wind... -
Ford reveals ‘smart home’ tech alliance at CES News
09.01.2013 Automotive giant Ford has announced a new cross-industry initiative involving six companies to create more energy-efficient homes in the future by integrating electric cars,... -
Is Apple set to give the wind-energy sector an overhaul? News
08.01.2013 It seems Apple could be planning to develop a new type of wind power technology as the company has filed a patent for a wind-energy storage solution. -
Electric and hybrid car sales up 73pc in US in 2012 – report News
04.01.2013 Sales of electric and hybrid car models will rise dramatically, with sales of such vehicles in the US to reach 535,000 units by the end of this year, predicts an analysis from... -
Warren Buffett’s MidAmerican Solar buys two US solar projects for up to US$2.5bn News
03.01.2013 Renewable energy company MidAmerican Solar, part of the US billionaire and investor Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate, is to purchase two large-scale solar... -
Wind-energy industry in US gets lift in ‘fiscal cliff’ bill News
02.01.2013 As part of its measures to avoid a US ‘fiscal cliff’ economic crisis, the US Congress has voted to extend tax credits on wind energy for another year in a move that could avert...Categories: Tax, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Energy, Economy -
Citi and its sustainability imperative (interview) News
20.12.2012 At a time when companies of all types are starting to recognise the importance of embedding sustainability into their business planning, Carmel Doyle talks to John Killey,... -
US solar start-up Stion raises US$25m to expand production facility News
19.12.2012 Stion, a California-based maker of low-cost thin-film solar panels, has raised US$25m in financing, which the company is set to use to expand its existing production facility in... -
West of Ireland wave energy project gets €19.8m in EU funding News
18.12.2012 The European Commission has today awarded €19.8m in funding to the WestWave wave energy project off the west coast of Ireland. The project, which is being led by ESB, will...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Energy -
Taxes and Incentives for Renewable Energy Reports
02.08.2012 This report describes the 2012 taxes and incentives provided by 23 countries around the world to promote renewable energy from wind, solar, biomass, geothermal and hydro power.Categories: Tax, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Management, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Energy, EconomyTags: KPMG, Wind Energy, Solar, Biomass, global , Clean Tech, Energy Efficiency, Biofuels, Trends, Clean Energy, Electricity, -
Carbon Disclosure Project 2012 Reports
15.10.2012 Businesses securing a sustainable future.Tags: KPMG, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Ireland, EU, Healthcare, Energy, IT, Telecoms, Governance, -
The year in clean tech – green data centres, tidal farms and energy trading News
28.12.2012 From Greenpeace storming Apple’s California headquarters in May to new Irish ventures making headway in the energy-efficiency space and Ireland’s first electricity link with...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Government, Engineering, Energy, Economy, Data Centre -
Boeing and BMW to team up on carbon fibre recycling News
13.12.2012 German automaker BMW and US aircraft giant Boeing have forged a deal that will see the two companies pooling their resources in order to research new ways of recycling carbon... -
International Energy Research Centre in Cork appoints new director News
12.12.2012 Prof Tony Day, an expert in energy-efficient buildings and low-carbon technology solutions, has been appointed director of the International Energy Research Centre (IERC), which...