Minister Ryan welcomes hugely positive provisional results of first offshore wind auction

The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, has today welcomed the provisional results of the first offshore wind auction under the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (ORESS 1). The results mark a breakthrough moment for Ireland’s offshore wind future.   ORESS is an auction-based process which invites renewable energy projects to compete against […]

Wind energy – the safety challenge for rural Ireland – Seminar in Portlaoise

Turbines up to half the height of the Empire State Building are cropping up as part of a push to meet EU green energy targets and generate 40 per cent of Ireland’s electricity from wind. But a plan to further develop wind farms across the Irish midlands has sparked a move to explore the risks […]

Generating Energy in Ireland – an open letter to An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD

Dear Taoiseach, Here is a draft plan for power generation, job creation, and energy security in Ireland. I would welcome serious discussion and action in order to make it happen. Central to realising the goals is the retention in full of the ESB, Bord Gais, and Coillte, for vital infrastructure and control. In Ireland we […]