16 May 2022 Ireland’s first large scale solar farm opened in Wicklow just two weeks ago and is projected to be able to save up to 4,800 tonnes of carbon emissions. The Millvale solar farm can generate 8 megawatts of power and is already connected our national electricity grid – Read more…
14 January 2021 Individuals and communities will be able to sell their own renewable electricity into the national grid by July this year, the Department of Climate has announced. Under the Microgeneration Support Scheme (MSS), farmers, businesses, individuals and community groups can generate their own renewable electricity through means such Read more…
11 September 2020 82 renewable energy projects have been given the green light following the first Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) auction. Solar farms made up the majority of successful applications to the scheme as 63 such projects received funding, while onshore wind farms accounted for 19 projects. The financial Read more…
December 4th, 2018 Fourteen years ago, Martin Scherfler, skipped out on mandatory military service term in his home country of Austria to instead fight a green battle abroad. “It is mandatory for a young male adult in Austria to serve in the army, I couldn’t see myself doing that, so Read more…
April 10th, 2018 The world installed a record number of new solar power projects in 2017, more than net additions of coal, gas and nuclear plants put together. This is the finding in a new report put together by UN Environment, the Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre for Climate & Sustainable Read more…
August 30th, 2017 The Solar Energy Future conference in Cork at the start of 2016 was a roaring success. The event brought together over 350 interested parties, encouraged by the recent drop in solar technology costs and the rise in policymakers’ interest in green energy. “The conference was upbeat and Read more…