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Bord na Móna chief: offshore wind projects ‘a natural evolution’ for semi-state

Two projects off east and south-east coast will cost €6 billion in joint venture with Spanish developer Ocean Winds

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

State fund to kickstart €1bn biomethane sector

ISIF to pump €200 million into farm-based alternative to fossil gas, which supplies more than a fifth of renewable energy in other EU states

Cork energy company E-volv to expand into Britain in 2023

Cork-based firm announced plans to create 50 jobs in Ireland over the next two years

Shannon offshore wind target to generate six times Ireland’s need is ‘baseline estimate’

Eamon Ryan says Shannon Foynes Port can deliver more than 30 gigawatts by 2050, and is optimistic about other offshore wind projects despite two energy giants pulling out of market

Bluestar raises $100m for slow-burn green energy projects

Founder Declan Flanagan says firm intends to develop solar and wind farms on greenfield sites, which will yield greater profit than ‘instant gratification’ investments

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Yvonne Cronin: The environment is right for an increase in renewable energy jobs

Ireland is uniquely situated to benefit from offshore wind energy, with potential for job creation in areas such as project management, community liaison and engineering

Offshore wind could be ‘totally transformative’ for Ireland: industry leader

Val Cummins of Simply Blue said the government’s decision to increase offshore wind target shows the scale of the country’s ambition

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

Improved energy storage could cut 1 million tonnes of carbon emissions a year, report says

Industry critical of slow pace of change towards energy storage

Corre Energy raises almost €11m from investors

The Dublin-listed energy storage and renewables company had been seeking to raise up to €15m to accelerate its pipeline of projects under development

‘Green energy transition being hindered by lack of investment’

Spending deficit on renewable, clean energy sources risks future price spikes, according to the International Energy Agency chief economist

Data centres get green light to connect with solar and wind farms

The centres’ electricity usage increased by 32 per cent last year, and now accounts for 14 per cent of total national electricity consumption

McDonald warns of ‘damaging cliff edges in response to climate change

The Sinn Féin leader set out her party’s stall on energy issues at the Business Post National Energy Summit

Planning system overhaul will see High Court judges asked to vet judicial reviews more strictly

Peter Burke, Minister of State for Local Government and Planning, said the government had initiated a two-pronged process to overhaul Ireland’s planning system

First large-scale solar farm connected to national grid

Two additional solar farms to be connected this year by Neoen

Prices of renewable energy at state auction ‘won’t be pretty’, say experts

Senior figures in the energy sector have warned of a 15 per cent increase in the cost of renewables at the state’s upcoming Renewable Electricity Support Scheme auction

H&W boss: Ireland must close critical gap in gas storage

John Wood, chief executive of Harland & Wolff, says Ireland and Britain have less than a tenth of the storage capacity of other European countries

Renewable energy industry has ‘no confidence’ in government to deliver on targets

A letter sent by an industry body to Darragh O’Brien, the Minister for Housing, has outlined how renewable energy projects are waiting well over a year for planning decisions to be made

Editorial: Government’s lofty energy plans must be matched by an attention to detail

Unless the government solves the staffing and resourcing issues in key state agencies as a matter of urgency, its climate change strategies are little more than empty words