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March 28, 2024

SSE, Bord na Móna announce 800MW onshore wind joint venture

SSE Renewables and Bord na Móna have announced their 50:50 joint venture, aiming to deliver an 800MW renewable onshore wind portfolio to Ireland.

February 28, 2024

Ireland’s DSO adopts AI to mitigate weather-related power outages

ESB Networks, Ireland's distribution system operator, has partnered with AI infrastructure modelling platform Neara to help prevent weather-related power outages.

January 25, 2024

IEA: UK ranks amongst highest for average electricity prices whilst Ireland sees highest growth for electricity demand

The IEA has released a new paper signalling that the UK ranks amongst the highest for average household electricity prices.

Source Galileo and Lhyfe are working together to establish green hydrogen production units in Ireland, similar to Lhyfe’s recently inaugurated facility in Occitanie, southern France. Image: Lhyfe.

January 22, 2024

Lhyfe, Source Galileo sign MoU for UK and Irish green hydrogen production

Lhyfe has signed a partnership with Source Galileo to explore commercial green hydrogen production sites across Ireland and the UK.

Power prices predicted to drop by 18% in new Cornwall Insight research. Image: EDF.

January 12, 2024

Irish power prices to drop by over 18%, says Cornwall Insight

Cornwall Insight has updated its 2024 power market forecast to include an 18% drop in prices due to high gas storage levels in the EU.

December 7, 2023

Publicly accessible EV chargers in Ireland see ‘substantial drop’ in Q3 2023

Cornwall Insight has said that the year-on-year growth for publicly accessible chargepoints for BEVs has “substantially dropped” in Q3 2023.

November 21, 2023

NSEC publishes offshore wind roadmap for Ireland

The North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC) has published its indicative offshore wind roadmap across all nine NSEC member states up to 2030.

The UK now sites seventh in the RECAI rankings. Image: EY.

November 15, 2023

EY: France, India and Australia overtake UK in renewable investment attractiveness

France, India and Australia have overtaken the UK in Ernst & Young’s (EY) latest Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI).

November 7, 2023

Irish investment sees Octopus’ Sky fund surpass £1 billion

Octopus Energy Generation’s Sky fund has surpassed £1 billion following £80 million funding from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF).

The project would be able to deliver its long-duration energy storage capacity at a rate of 300MW over a period of six hours. Image: Foresight Group.

November 3, 2023

Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners invests in 1.8GWh Irish pumped storage hydro facility

Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners has announced its intention to invest in a proposed 1.8GWh pumped storage hydro plant in Ireland.

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