Showing posts with label energy planning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label energy planning. Show all posts
Friday, 4 November 2011

Lines and the law

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Agricultural consultant and valuer Richard Collins says landowners with genuine cases for compensation for powerlines on their property shou...
Sunday, 25 September 2011

Gas exploration firm says 'no danger to health or environment'

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The Australian company planning to build as many as 500 gas wells on thousands of acres in the north-west region denied yesterday it will us...
Friday, 29 April 2011

Planning cost 1,000 jobs, says group

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IRELAND RECENTLY lost 1,000 jobs in the renewable energy sector to the UK because our planning system is such a “a quagmire”, An Taisce’s...
Monday, 18 April 2011

Eirgrid says transfer of grid could save €40m a year

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ELECTRICITY USERS could save an average of €40 million a year if ownership of the Republic’s national were transferred to Eirgrid, the compa...
Friday, 4 March 2011

Gas drilling permits for Lough Allen area given

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Two companies have been granted licences to explore an area in Lough Allen, where it is thought there may be large reserves of natural gas. ...
Monday, 22 November 2010

Energy use monitored using web browser

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TWO INNOVATIVE projects that will save on energy costs and reduce energy demand were recognised at a ceremony during the first day of the Gl...
Friday, 19 November 2010

Offshore resources seen as key economic solution

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THE IRISH Offshore Operators’ Association has said Ireland’s offshore resources could provide an “important solution” to the State’s economi...
Sunday, 16 May 2010

Eirgrid defends interconnector plan

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EIRGRID HAS defended its proposal to build an interconnector in the northeast which would link electricity grids in the North and South. Res...
Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Power plant to be built in Co Offaly

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An Bord Pleanála has approved an application for a 350 megawatt gas fired power plant in Co Offaly. Lumcloon Energy, the private consortium ...
Tuesday, 15 December 2009

Gas pipeline gets green light

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The Commission for Energy Regulation has given the go-ahead for work on the pipeline for the Shannon Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal, i...
Monday, 21 September 2009

Eirgrid gets permit for link

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NATIONAL ELECTRICITY network operator Eirgrid yesterday got the green light for its planned €600 million power link between Wales and Irelan...
Thursday, 27 August 2009

Application to build gas-fired power station at Ferbane

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AN APPLICATION has been lodged with An Bord Pleanála for a €300 million 325 megawatt gas-fired power station in Ferbane, Co Offaly. The appl...
Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Energy plan to set 'clear and unambiguous' targets

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THE GOVERNMENT’S National Energy Efficiency Plan, laying down “clear and unambiguous targets” for all sectors of the economy is to be publis...
Thursday, 14 May 2009

Green energies give rise to 'eco-bling'

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ATTEMPTS TO make buildings more energy-efficient by installing expensive “green technologies” have resulted in the rise of “eco-bling”, a sy...
Sunday, 10 May 2009

Over 1,000 buildings for energy-saving refurbishment

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MORE THAN 1,000 large-scale public buildings are to be refurbished to reduce energy consumption by up to one third, and all new housing is t...
Friday, 8 May 2009

Energy project offers solution to economy

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AN energy project could make Ireland energy independent within five years and see us exporting energy in a decade. According to Spirit of Ir...

Ryan unveils energy-savings plan

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Landlords who are paid through the State’s rent assistance scheme have been told they must upgrade the energy efficiency of their properties...
Tuesday, 21 April 2009

Dublin could reduce emissions by switching technologies, study finds

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DUBLIN COULD become a green, energy-efficient city by switching to currently available technologies in a series of moves which would largely...

Hydro-electric plants planned for Kerry

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HYDRO-ELECTRIC stations are to be constructed at water reservoirs in Kerry in an effort to reduce the council’s electricity bill. The ESB bi...
Tuesday, 31 March 2009

Power plant poses no health risk, says firm

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THE DEVELOPER of a 200 megawatt (MW) gas turbine power station proposed for east Galway says the project will not pose a health risk to loca...