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UrbanVolt Announces €26m Investment From Verdane to Facilitate European Expansion

By Ryan Harmon
UrbanVolt, the Solar-as-a-Service market leader, has announced a €26 million investment from leading European specialist growth investor, Verdane. This significant investment means the company has raised over €200 million in debt and equity to date, and it will further power UrbanVolt’s rapid solar energy expansion in the Irish, UK and European markets. UrbanVolt helps
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Vape Business Ireland Launches Sustainability Charter Pledges Commitment to Reducing Waste

By Ryan Harmon
Vape Business Ireland has published its first ‘Sustainability Charter’, reaffirming its obligation to reducing waste, and improving the environmental credentials of vaping products. The Charter marks the trade association’s formal commitment to supporting national efforts to transition from a ‘take-make-waste‘ economy; towards an economy that
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European Commission Approves Afforestation Measures in Forestry Programme 2023-2027

By Ryan Harmon
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue TD and Minister of State in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for Forestry, Senator Pippa Hackett, have welcomed the European Commission’s announcement that it has granted State Aid approval to the afforestation measures under Ireland’s new Forestry Programme 2023-2027.
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Energia Renewables and Vårgrønn Announce Partnership to Advance Offshore Wind Projects in Ireland

By Ryan Harmon
Energia Renewables and Vårgrønn have announced a partnership to advance offshore wind projects in Ireland, with the potential to deliver up to 1.8 GW of new capacity by 2030. The partnership will initially focus on Ireland’s south and east coasts, where Energia Renewables have already completed extensive development work over the last 4 years at a North […]
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Ambitious Electricity Interconnection Plans as Ireland Aims to Become Net Energy Exporter

By Ryan Harmon
The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, has welcomed Cabinet approval of a new policy statement on electricity interconnection which plans to make Ireland central to Europe’s energy future. The proposed plans will see Ireland increase its electricity interconnection capacity and explore new interconnection opportunities with Spain, Belgium
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Hubs Offering Electric Cars and E-Bikes to Test Potential of Shared E-Mobility to Decarbonise Transport

By Ryan Harmon
Atlantic Technological University together with Trinity College Dublin, ESB and Enterprise Rent-A-Car, will lead a €1.35 million shared e-mobility project to decarbonise transport. Funding of almost €850,000 has been awarded by the Government of Ireland through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). This project will deliver four shared electric mobility hubs
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Cork County Council Recognises Community Effort In The Fight Against Litter

By Ryan Harmon
Cork County Council has recognised the ongoing work of community and voluntary groups in villages across the county in the fight against litter. As part of the Council’s Anti-Litter Challenge 2023, twenty-one villages have been presented with certificates for their remarkable success in managing litter in their localities.  The Council’s Anti-Litter Challenge made a