The Taoiseach's interest in indigenous, renewable gas as an alternative to imported fossil fuels is real. But his interest in powering Intel's latest multi-billion-euro investment yielded more funding, faster.
The promise of renewable energy was secure, plentiful, cheap electricity, says the CEO of charity EnergyCloud. Yet 550,000 Irish people are in energy poverty and every year as the amount of "wasted" renewable energy grows.
The present crises do not make the case for Irish nuclear power in their own right. What they do is make the case against strategic complacency much harder to defend.
Two years after it entered the Nasdaq, an Irish company promising to become a leading transatlantic solar power producer is leaving investors and creditors to nurse heavy losses.
Navigating the surge in energy prices now will build long-term business resilience. Don’t waste a good crisis.
The risk of "adverse policy action" against its two U.S. offshore projects has eased, Bank of America says, writes Joe Stonor, The Wall Street Journal.
An Coimisiún Pleanála made an “error of law” in refusing permission to a Laois wind farm, the Supreme Court found – but a key section of the Climate Act cannot “carry the full weight of the State’s response to climate change”.
The Danish company remains in the Irish offshore market, while the sale to Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners will see the Irish headquarters, staff and projects continue.
The public has had just one week to submit observations on the floating LNG bill, which cuts through planning rules and may conflict with the Climate Act. The Government says this is the price of energy security. Opponents warn of legal challenges.
Paul Reynolds has worked with everyone from renewable-energy giants to ambitious start-ups. His message is simple: your breath can be your secret weapon — and most of us aren’t using it properly.
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