Vivid Edge, the energy efficiency specialist company, has won the Sustainability Category Award at the 2020 SFA National Small Business Awards. The aim of the Awards, now in its sixteenth
Repurposing water bottles and aluminium cans to make wind turbines is all in a module’s work for 130 undergraduates in UCC. The first-year engineering students are participating in an initiative
Invest Northern Ireland has offered £3.6 million of support for Phase II of the Centre for Advanced Sustainable Energy (CASE). CASE, which is an industry-led sustainable energy research centre, is
BrightWind Secures €162,000 in SEAI Funding to Develop a New Wind and Solar Data Management Platform
BrightWind has secured €162,000 in funding from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to support the company in building a new wind and solar resource data management platform. The
The wave energy device by Ocean Energy Ltd, funded by the Government of Ireland through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), has reached a major milestone as it embarks on a one-year
Scientists from the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS) have played a key role in observing the highest-energy gamma-rays ever detected from a gamma-ray burst. Gamma-ray bursts are caused by massive stars
A Queen’s University Belfast researcher has developed a low cost technique to convert left over barley from alcohol breweries into carbon, which could be used as a renewable fuel for
The Government has announced that €11 million in funding has been awarded to 50 cutting-edge research, development and demonstration energy projects. These projects will develop solutions that will deliver cleaner energy
Novi, the secure IT and cloud service provider, has implemented a flexible cloud solution for the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in Dublin to enable the secure management of the hospital’s
A geothermal power waste product that is similar to limescale can be used to decontaminate engine exhaust fumes, university chemists have discovered. The team at Manchester Metropolitan University found that
The Floating Wind Joint Industry Project (JIP), managed by the Carbon Trust, has launched the Floating Wind Technology Acceleration Competition to accelerate the development and commercialisation of floating wind. The Carbon Trust, together with 14 leading offshore
As part of the second round of its Compressed Natural Gas Vehicle Fund, Gas Networks Ireland has awarded six transport companies €20,000 each towards the purchase of a Natural Gas
Clúid Housing, in partnership with Kerry County Council, Rebuilding Ireland and Kerry-based Thermohouse Ltd, the leading Irish low energy building system manufacturer and installer, have commenced the second stage of construction
Scientists have started to build Britain’s largest privately owned nuclear fusion facility which will generate a plasma temperature hotter than the surface of the Sun at a site in Buckinghamshire. The
Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) and ESB have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to establish a framework of strategic collaboration that will include three key areas – Research and
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is looking for leaders in energy efficiency and renewable energy to enter this year’s SEAI Energy Awards. Now in their 16th year, the SEAI
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is leading a new pan-European project, Ocean Power Innovation Network (OPIN), which aims to accelerate the development of the ocean energy sector. With
Is grass more than it seems? This was a question addressed by a group of specialists from New Zealand, Denmark and Ireland during a recent 4-day visit to three Teagasc
A €31 million project has been approved for an ambitious four-year floating offshore wind project. Subject to consenting, it is planned that a full-scale floating wind turbine be deployed for testing
The European Commission has announced an investment programme worth over €10 billion for low-carbon technologies in several sectors to boost their global competitiveness. EU innovative climate action, as announced by
Leading wind Lidar developer, ZX Lidars, has successfully demonstrated the use of Drone Wind Lidar to accurately measure the wind in what is believed to be a world-first. ZX Lidars
Lir, Ireland’s ocean energy test facility, has been officially opened in Ringaskiddy, County Cork by Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney, TD. Located in the €20 million UCC Environmental Research
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) is seeking expressions of interest from Irish energy experts to participate in international collaborations focused on the development of low-carbon technologies. Successful applicants
University College Cork has become the first institution outside of North America to achieve a gold star rating from the
Ready-made snap-together solar panels that turn waste heat into hot water are being developed at Brunel University London in a
The Government has announced €8 million in funding to support 45 innovative energy projects in companies and research institutions across
Ingeteam, an independent global supplier of electrical conversion and turbine control equipment, has announced that a recent in-house R&D study
The world’s first daughter craft based on surface-effect-ship (SES) technology, supported by the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA), has
A new European Commission report, Clean Air Outlook, shows that the number of premature deaths due to air pollution in 2030
College Group is to invest €10 million in building a new renewable energy facility producing biofuel from used cooking oil
Funded by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has announced a
SEAI has begun the search for Ireland’s energy leaders who are demonstrating innovative approaches to clean energy with high replication
Dublin-based Solar AdTek, the leading developer and supplier of innovative solar powered lighting for outdoor advertising, has completed an upgrade of
The European Commission has announced €22 million in funding for a new bio-economy research project to be led by Glanbia
Calor Gas, Ireland’s longest established supplier of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), has launched Ireland’s first certified renewable LPG for homes
The International Energy Research Centre (IERC) has welcomed new research funding from the EU Horizon 2020 Initiative to develop models
The Carbon Trust has announced the launch of BLUE PILOT, a large-scale demonstration project aimed at reducing costs and underwater noise
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) Energy Show, Ireland’s leading business energy event returns to the RDS on Wednesday, 18 April
Imagine a future where Irish consumers will be able to gift or sell their solar power across their neighbourhood as
Half way through the implementation of the EU’s action plan for a maritime strategy in the Atlantic, an independent study finds it has spurred
The 2018 Research and Innovation Conference & Exhibition, being held on Wednesday, 14th March 2018 at the Citywest Convention Centre,
Irish wave energy technology company, Ocean Energy, has announced that its pioneering wave energy convertor, the ‘OE Buoy’, will be
A national investment of €4.4 million through Science Foundation Ireland’s Discover Programme has been announced by Minister for Training, Skills,
FutureScope, Ireland’s only conference that promotes collaboration between the entrepreneurial community and multinationals, will take place in the Convention Centre
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has announced a research fund of over €2.5 million to support cutting-edge research,
University of Limerick electrochemist, Dr Micheál Scanlon has been announced as the recipient of a highly prestigious €1.5m European Research
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has started the search for sustainable energy leaders as it launched its 14th
Accenture announced on Friday plans to hire more than 300 technology and design professionals in Ireland this year. This includes
Enterprise Ireland reported on Tuesday that the third phase of its Technology Transfer Strengthening Initiative (TTSI), which serves to bolster
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) announced on Thursday a doubling of its Energy Research, Development and Demonstration fund
A recently published survey of the Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA), released at the autumn conference in Killarney, showed enormous
Ireland’s presence in the medtech research industry has just received a massive boost as Cúram, the Centre for Research in
Three winners of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) competition were announced to develop smart technology solutions for Building Energy
The EU-funded SOLAR-H2 project has established a pan-European research network that is tapping into the potential of solar fuel that
The European Commission launched three Horizon Prizes to encourage innovation and find solutions to challenges in the area of energy. Worth
The kinetic energy of the waves can convert into electricity that can be fed into the grid with the help
Valeria Nicolosi, researcher at the SFI-funded AMBER materials science research centre at Trinity College Dublin, has been awarded a €2.5m
A Trinity College engineering graduate is raising €10m to develop a nuclear power technology, that he and his partners claim
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