Sponsored Bord na Móna’s Programme is at the cutting edge of sustainabilityLast week saw the successful completion of Bord na Móna’s prestigious 2024 Accelerate Green programme by eight of Ireland’s most promising green innovators
News Bord na Móna set to sell waste business for ‘upwards of €50m’The semi-state has engaged PwC to handle the prospective sale
Energy ‘The data centre debate has been presented in a very binary fashion’: Amazon chiefSpeaking exclusively to the Business Post, Neil Morris, Ireland lead for Amazon, spells out danger of moratorium to the economy
Energy Bord na Móna and SSE to invest €1bn as part of joint venture deal to build new wind farmsBoth companies plan to develop a major portfolio of onshore wind farms in the midlands that will power up to 500,000 homes
Sponsored Accelerate Green: Pioneering Sustainability and Business Growth in 2024Bord na Móna is proud to launch the third year of its leading Accelerate Green programme
News ‘A rare and amazing person’ – SuperNode pays tribute to Eddie O’ConnorO’Connor died at the age of 76 after a brief illness
Companies Entrepreneur and energy sector titan Eddie O’Connor dies aged 76The former chief executive of Bord na Móna went on to forge a hugely successful career in private industry that earned O’Connor a vast fortune
Energy Bord na Móna to pay state ‘enhanced’ €38m dividend after posting record profitsSemi-state reported record operating profits of more than €95 million for its 2023 financial year
Solar Power ESB and Bord na Móna partner with French company Volatalia to build solar farm in KildareIt is the first joint venture on solar energy between the two government bodies
Energy Bord na Móna launching pilot green hydrogen energy plant in OffalyThe energy business plans to provide 200,000 kg of green hydrogen annually from the Mount Lucas plant
Companies Bord na Móna lost €28m on mid-Brexit purchase of White Moss Decision to acquire British peat composting company ‘ill advised’ when ‘the writing was on the wall’ for such products
Energy Bord na Móna chief: offshore wind projects ‘a natural evolution’ for semi-stateTwo projects off east and south-east coast will cost €6 billion in joint venture with Spanish developer Ocean Winds
Energy Bord na Móna unveils plans for two multibillion-euro offshore wind projects Move into offshore wind marks a new departure for the semi-state company, which traces its history back to harvesting peat from the bogs of Ireland to fuel a number of peat-fired power stations in the midlands
Companies Turmec eyes US acquisition as it aims for further expansion in waste recycling sectorMeath company has begun looking for American firms to buy after winning a €30 million Australian contract
Companies Irish firm lands €30m contract to build world’s largest construction waste recycling facilityTurmec, a Meath-based provider of waste processing solutions, said it has won a major new contract to build a state-of-the-art construction waste processing facility in Australia
Companies Profits triple at Bord Na Móna as wholesale energy costs soarThe semi-state company recorded one of the strongest financial performances in its 90-year history as energy prices soared
Planning New rules will allow wind farms to change turbine sizesAmendment to law will give industry more flexibility to use new technologies on projects without reapplying for planning
Energy Government ‘deluded’ about 80% renewable energy by 2030 John Reilly, head of power generation at Bord na Móna, says there are too many bottlenecks in the system for the state’s targets to be met
Eight companies selected for Accelerate GreenNew Bord na Móna accelerator supports early-stage firms leading the response to climate action
Bord na Móna to develop renewable energy business park in midlandsPlanning permission for the 3,000-hectare peatland site across Meath, Offaly and Westmeath will be lodged in the next two years