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# wind farms

# renewables
Wind power temporarily outpaced electricity demand yesterday for the first time in Ireland
Wind generation exceeded demand for electricity in the early hours of yesterday morning.
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# Info hub
Open Access: A citizen’s guide to uncovering housing and local information
Our community-driven platform Noteworthy helps you find out if you are in an area prone to floods, landslides, high radon and more.
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Dec 30th 2020, 11:30 AM
# wind farms
Forestry group Coillte is looking to sell a chunk of its wind energy business
The semi-state previously announced plans to boost its renewable energy projects.
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Apr 5th 2018, 2:04 PM
# in photos
The Death of Rural Ireland (& dozens of mourning protesters) stage a dramatic Dublin protest
Things got a little funereal on Marlborough Street this morning.
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Apr 9th 2015, 2:21 PM
# power play
ESB wants its government owners to axe wind and solar power support
Targets and backing for the renewable-energy sources should end after 2020, the state supplier says.
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Oct 30th 2014, 4:08 PM
# getting greener
ESB power stations cut CO2 emissions by 1.5 million tonnes last year
Despite the good figures, Eamon Ryan is worried about a “lack of political will” on renewable energy.
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Jul 31st 2014, 4:09 PM
# wind farms
Laois group raises €40k for wind farm resistance
People Over Wind want to launch a legal challenge to An Bord Pleanála’s granting of planning permission for the Cullenagh Wind Farm project.
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Jul 15th 2014, 6:30 AM
# turbines
Global Wind Day: Wind meeting 2% more electricty demand than last year
Members of the public have been granted access to a number of wind farms to mark the day.
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Jun 15th 2014, 1:14 PM
# on the ground
What matters to the voters of Longford-Westmeath?
These constituents will not only be choosing politicians to represent them in the council and the European Parliament but also a new TD to speak for them in the Dáil.
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May 18th 2014, 11:00 AM
# wind energy
'Incensed' anti-pylon groups take their protest to Leinster House
Wind Aware Ireland said that the Government’s wind energy policy is a “completely ineffective way of reducing C02″.
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Apr 15th 2014, 6:30 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
# turbines
These five graphs dig into the figures behind wind energy in Ireland
Figures show that wind power generation did not meet forecast electricity generator 58 per cent of the time over the past five years.
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Feb 23rd 2014, 8:45 AM
Voices
Column: Ireland's rural community is being ignored over wind energy concerns
Ireland’s rural citizens are victims of abusive domestic planning and an externally-driven energy policy from Europe, writes Declan Doyle.
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Jan 7th 2014, 1:00 PM