Categorised as: Sustainability
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Engineering firm creates 11 jobs as Middle East strategy pays dividends News
28.01.2013 Engineering consultancy Fehily Timoney’s focus on the Middle East is paying off with €2.5m in contract wins leading to 11 new jobs. Some 30pc of the company's turnover now comes...Categories: Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Energy, Development, Design -
#GreenGrowth – UK energy deal could power industrialisation of Ireland’s Midlands (videos) News
25.01.2013 Mainstream Renewables’ Eddie O’Connor said the UK-Ireland Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will see Irish wind energy power homes and businesses in the UK will prove to be... -
#GreenGrowth - ICT industry’s bold goal to boost energy efficiency by factor of 1,000 (videos) News
25.01.2013 The ICT industry – whose share of the world’s carbon footprint at 2pc matches the airline industry and is in danger of exceeding this – has set itself a bold target of improving...Categories: Telecommunications, Sustainability, Networks, Networking & Telecoms, Energy, Communications -
Smart grid investments hit US$13.9bn mark globally in 2012 – BNEF News
25.01.2013 Smart grid investments rose by 7pc at a global level in 2012, with utilities forking out almost US$14bn – that’s according to new figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance... -
Ireland's wind-energy industry welcomes MoU on renewable energy trading News
24.01.2013 With Ireland's Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Pat Rabbitte, TD, and the UK’s energy secretary Edward Davey set to sign a memorandum of understanding... -
EIB loans €200m for Irish water investment projects News
24.01.2013 The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to provide a €200m loan to help finance 23 water projects around Ireland, including new water mains, water and waste-water treatment...Tags: Ireland, Environment, -
As hunger for data explodes, ambitious plans afoot to green our ICT networks News
23.01.2013 A consortium of industry stakeholders has ambitious plans to reduce the carbon footprint of ICT networks by a factor of 1,000. Ann O’Dea speaks to GreenTouch chairman Thierry... -
Rabbitte to sign ‘green energy’ MoU with UK’s energy secretary tomorrow News
23.01.2013 The Irish and British governments are set to pave the way for the development of renewable energy trading between the two countries, as Ireland’s Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte,... -
UN reveals global campaign to reduce food waste News
22.01.2013 The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are today launching a new global programme targeted at consumers, governments and the food...Tags: Online, Sustainability -
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 -
New DCU hub for clean-tech innovation aims to create 200 jobs News
21.01.2013 Dublin City University (DCU) is opening a new innovation campus that will aim to be a hub for clean-tech innovation by hosting start-ups, SMEs and larger companies operating in...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Research, Renewable Energy, R&D, Government, Energy, Education, Economy -
Scientists pioneer nano-scale devices to make electronics more energy efficient News
21.01.2013 A team of scientists from Tyndall National Institute at University College Cork (UCC) and the National University of Singapore have designed and created ultra-small devices with... -
How Eirgrid’s €500m Grid Link could help Ireland meet its renewables targets News
18.01.2013 When Eirgrid’s €500m overhead power line to connect Munster and Leinster is built, it will have the scope to create a much more efficient electricity grid and integrate more... -
Mitsubishi to pump €576m into German offshore wind projects News
17.01.2013 Dutch-owned German transmission system operator TenneT has closed a deal with Mitsubishi, which will see the Japanese firm invest €576m in four high-voltage cables to connect... -
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. -
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. -
UCC comes third in global green campus rankings News
10.01.2013 University College Cork (UCC) has been placed third for its efforts to green its campus and reduce its carbon footprint in the latest UI GreenMetric World University Rankings.