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# renewables

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2022
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Jennifer Whitmore: The lifting of planning rules for solar panels is welcome but long overdue
The Social Democrats TD says the government is behind the curve as it finally lifts restrictions on numbers of panels on a property.
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Oct 4th 2022, 12:17 PM
# renewables
Wind energy has provided 34% of Ireland’s power this year
July saw a two-fold increase in demand met by wind compared with the same period last year.
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Aug 8th 2022, 7:07 AM
# Oil and Gas
Ireland can 'take on this Putin regime' by cutting Russian fossil fuel imports, Eamon Ryan says
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said today that “addiction to fossil fuels is mutually assured destruction”.
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Mar 21st 2022, 1:49 PM
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'It’s purely economics’: Meet the man taking charge of getting the electrical grid to smarten up
Amid major shifts in the energy market, Michael Phelan’s GridBeyond has spotted an opportunity.
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Feb 28th 2020, 12:13 PM
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Column: 'We are haemorrhaging €5-6bn per year to pay for expensive and dirty fuels'
Our government itself is the biggest fossil fuel addict, given all of the excise duty and carbon taxes it collects, writes Grattan Healy.
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May 14th 2018, 7:00 AM
# hinkley point c
Explainer: Why are people worried about a nuclear power plant being built 250km from Ireland?
Last week, the UK government stalled on signing off on a new nuclear power plant – just the latest setback in a decade long saga.
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Aug 6th 2016, 9:30 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Should Ireland subsidise solar energy companies to develop here?
Ireland needs to meet EU renewable energy targets – with the prospect of serious financial penalties slapped on us if we don’t make them.
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Jun 5th 2016, 10:07 AM
This fuelless plane may just be changing the future of air travel
Solar Impulse 2 flew across the Pacific at night with no fuel.
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Apr 24th 2016, 2:06 PM
# sponsored by wind energy
6 facts about Irish energy use that will make you stop and think
Did you know we’re one of the most energy-dependent countries in Europe?
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Jan 6th 2016, 3:50 PM
# Off The Grid
Tesla wants your home to be battery powered
It could allow homes to be self-sufficient in terms of power.
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May 1st 2015, 2:45 PM
# wave hub
An Irish company is behind the 'world's largest, commercial wave farm'
But will it work?
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Mar 31st 2015, 8:18 AM
Voices
Opinion: Why is community renewable energy important?
We are at a crossroads in Ireland in terms of energy; check out this 5 point plan about why community-owned renewables could be the answer.
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Jun 16th 2014, 1:00 PM
# Johnson and Johnson
Latest wind turbines for multinationals in Cork harbour energy project switched on
Two wind turbines are hoped to reduce costs at Johnson and Johnson plants in the area.
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May 30th 2014, 7:44 AM
# wind aware
New website holds microscope to "industry-driven" wind energy production in Ireland
Wind Area Ireland is a launching a site today that it hopes will become a resource for communities, journalists, and policy-makers.
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Apr 10th 2014, 7:15 AM
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Column: Will fracking be added to our energy mix? Ireland has questions to answer first
Until we have an honest discussion about the limited number of energy choices available – and the risks and rewards of each – we will remain entirely at the mercy of global forces, writes Alice Whittaker.
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Mar 29th 2014, 12:00 PM
# Energy
Financial supports for wind, wave and tidal energy creation "not appropriate"
ESRI Review of Irish Energy Policy also makes case for bringing Corrib gas field to production “rapidly” – and says nuclear power will not work for Ireland.
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Apr 27th 2011, 11:43 AM