5 November 2021 Decarbonising the energy sector is an important component of limiting global warming to below 1.5 degrees. But is our current approach in pursuit of offshore renewables risking the exacerbation of the biodiversity crisis? In 2019, the Dáil declared both a climate and biodiversity emergency but at present, Read more…
28 April 2021 Have you heard about the National Marine Planning Framework? Yes? No? Potentially in passing? No problem. It’s a complicated issue that’s been coming up a lot over the past couple of days, and we wanted to get a better understanding of it. So we called up Padraic Read more…
19 November 2020 The European Union has presented its nearly €800 billion offshore energy strategy today and aims to increase offshore wind capacity by fivefold over the next ten years. The bloc is proposing to increase the energy source’s production to at least 60 gigawatts of energy by the end Read more…
March 25th, 2019 An ambitious target to increase the share of renewables in electricity generation to 70 per cent by 2030 is set to be included in a highly anticipated report from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action. The latest draft of the committee’s report, seen by The Green Read more…
January 24th, 2018 Ireland’s entire housing stock must be retrofitted to higher energy standards if we are to achieve our impending climate and energy targets, the Dail’s Climate Action Committee heard yesterday. Speaking before a Committee hearing on Ireland’s 2020 energy targets, the CEO of the Tipperary Energy Agency, Paul Read more…
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[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-right”]23rd January 2017[/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-justify”]A judicial review into a planned wind farm near Trump International Golf Links Resort and Hotel at Doonbeg has been brought forward following Mr Justice McGovern admitting the Read more…
September 23rd 2016 The government are currently paving the way for the roll out of more offshore wind turbines in Irish waters. This week the Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment launched two public consultations for documents that will help the development of wind farms off our coasts. Minister Denis Read more…
