Tagged: Electricity & News
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ESB raises €500m on bond markets to fund capital investment plan News
12.11.2012 The ESB has raised €500m by selling a seven year bond and will repay investors 4.37pc. Ireland’s incumbent electricity provider said it will use the funding to support its... -
Teens in Africa create generator powered by urine News
08.11.2012 Yes, you read right. Four teenage girls from Africa have come up with a urine-powered generator system, which has been gathering attention at Maker Faire Africa, the event for... -
Renault installs solar PV systems at six French production sites News
07.11.2012 Auto giant Renault is claiming to have taken the lead in the automotive industry by installing 40 hectares of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels to power up six of its French... -
Renewables made up 17pc of electricity demand on island of Ireland in 2011 – Eirgrid News
05.11.2012 The island of Ireland now has one of the highest rates of wind-energy production per capita in the world, relative to population size – that’s according to energy infrastructure... -
Cost of running onshore wind farms falls by more than a third – research News
02.11.2012 The cost of operating and maintaining onshore wind farms is falling, on average, by more than 11pc a year, an indication that wind energy is starting to close the cost gap... -
Time-lapse video captures superstorm Sandy at work over New York City News
02.11.2012 A time-lapse video has captured superstorm Sandy unleashing its wrath on New York City from the early morning of 29 October to 30 October, lashing rain so heavy at times it... -
IBM launches Smarter Energy Research Institute to focus on utilities News
31.10.2012 IBM has launched a new research collaboration model called the Smarter Energy Research Institute, with the aim of spurring on innovation across the global energy and utilities... -
US start-up AutoGrid raises US$9m to progress its smart-grid technology News
30.10.2012 AutoGrid, a Palo Alto, California, start-up founded in 2011, has raised US$9m in Series B funding to pioneer its big data analytics platform for energy, with the aim of allowing...Categories: Software Development, Software, Science, R&D, Investments, Intellectual Property, Engineering, Energy -
Ocean energy innovation and where Ireland is positioned (interview) News
19.10.2012 This week Dublin was the setting for a three-day global conference on ocean energy. Before the event closed up today, Siliconrepublic.com spoke to Eoin Sweeney, head of ocean...Categories: Sustainability, Science, Renewable Energy, R&D, Investments, Green Tech, Green, Engineering, Engineer, Energy -
Solar energy company BrightSource raises more than US$80m in equity financing News
26.10.2012 US solar thermal technology developer BrightSource has raised more than US$80m, which it will use to build solar thermal power plants in the US and to expand into new markets,... -
Dublin Airport on mission to cut energy use by third by 2020 News
25.10.2012 Dublin Airport is aiming to cut its energy use by up to a third by 2020, having agreed upon a new energy efficiency programme with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland... -
Eirgrid and NDRC launch innovation hub around the smart grid News
25.10.2012 Energy infrastructure company Eirgrid is teaming up the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) to launch the Smart Grid Innovation Hub, a new initiative to help companies,... -
UCC aiming to achieve energy efficiencies under SEAI agreement News
25.10.2012 University College Cork (UCC) has signed an agreement with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) under its Public Sector Energy Partnership programme, with the aim... -
IKEA reveals plan to become energy independent by 2020 News
23.10.2012 Furniture retailer IKEA has today revealed ambitious clean energy plans, as the company is aiming to be energy and resource independent by 2020, as well as making its products... -
Energia and IIF open two new Co Tyrone wind farms News
17.10.2012 Energy provider Energia and the Irish Infrastructure Fund (IIF) have opened two new wind farms in Co Tyrone, Northern Ireland, with the aim of adding 50.6 megawatts (MW) of new... -
UCD spin-out Wattics makes InterTradeIreland Seedcorn competition shortlist News
16.10.2012 Wattics, the energy management start-up that has come up with a software solution to help businesses track and manage the energy consumption of appliances and machines, has been... -
NI wind energy company Simple Power opens first wind turbine News
11.10.2012 Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister Alex Attwood officially opened the first wind turbine from wind energy company Simple Power in Randalstown, Co Antrim, today. -
Ireland’s first tidal energy farm to be built off Antrim’s Torr Head News
10.10.2012 Energy provider Bord Gáis and the Irish tidal energy technology company OpenHydro have been awarded a lease to develop what could be the island of Ireland’s first tidal energy... -
Energy conference to explore investment opportunities in Ireland’s green economy News
05.10.2012 Law firm LK Shields is holding an energy conference in Dublin next Wednesday to explore investment opportunities in the clean-tech sector. Energy experts will be sharing their... -
Gaelectric gets planning go-ahead for two wind-energy projects in Northern Ireland News
04.10.2012 Irish renewable energy development and energy storage company Gaelectric has been given planning approval for two wind farm projects in Co Derry. Both projects are expected to...