Full coverage: Renewable energy

For Ireland to meet 2030 renewable energy goals, the country needs more wind farms. But growing roadblocks in county plans are delaying projects and discouraging developers.

Electrical engineering services firm Mainline Power has blue-chip clients and dozens of employees in booming areas. However, it has sought the appointment of an examiner after a Scandinavian deal went sour. What went wrong?

A swing towards the right in the EU parliamentary elections initially cast doubt on the bloc's renewable energy future. Experts say narratives might change but the momentum behind renewables is too strong.

Hometree, led by Dubliner Simon Phelan, has secured a £250m asset-backed debt facility from Barclays to finance residential renewables across the UK. It is a first that others will follow.

Ireland remains years behind European peers on offshore wind. But development giants like Denmark's Ørsted and the UK's Corio Generation believe that lag can help this country avoid the "same mistakes" made by earlier adopters.

There were the billions of euros in corporation tax and the thousands of jobs. Now the US multinational is reporting hundreds of millions of euros’ worth of renewable energy contracts.

Data centres have been frozen out from Dublin because of grid bottlenecks. This has forced them and renewable energy developers to think outside the box, with positive outcomes on the horizon.

The offshore wind industry is gathered in Dublin for its annual conference and the Government has just published a "future framework" to meet its 2050 targets. Gaps remain to be filled in between if Ireland is to fulfil its potential.

As more and more electricity comes from wind and solar, balancing supply and demand becomes more complex, say Deloitte energy experts with both a global and an Irish focus.

Ireland is surrounded by water and constantly buffeted by winds from one coast or another. Yet, unbelievably, the tiny Mediterranean island of Malta generates a bigger share of its energy from renewable sources. The latest layer of government strategy still falls short.