Ireland's 40-year-long era of burning coal - the dirtiest fossil fuel imaginable - to generate electricity came to an end in June. That was when ESB announced it had ceased burning coal at its ...

The Irish government signed up to the recent Glasgow Climate Pact and used the summit to announce a raft of ambitious goals, including the development of 5 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy up to ...

Wind energy was responsible for more than 40% of Ireland's total electricity during March, a new record for the month. A total of 1,541 GWh of power was generated from wind farms in Ireland during ...

IRELAND could be battered by the first storm of the season next week as a deep low pressure system develops off the coast. Forecasters are warning an active jet stream could drive the system ...

The global wind industry is entering a new phase of accelerated growth as both companies and countries adopt ambitious sustainable energy goals. 2023 was a record year for wind installations, with a ...

Wind farms provided 38 per cent of the country’s electricity in first three months of 2025, new statistics showed recently. Kerry led the way in March, producing more wind energy than any other county ...

Dublin, Aug. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Ireland Wind Farms Database" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. In an age where renewable energy sources are paramount to ...

Ameresco (NYSE:AMRC) +4.8% in early trading Monday after saying its Cork Sustainable Energy Ltd. subsidiary in Ireland secured approval from An Bord Pleanála for a significant upgrade to its Kilvinane ...

But wind growth is powering on there, as it should everywhere, and that includes a lot more offshore wind power projects as well as more onshore wind power projects. Approximately 46% if Ireland’s ...

Industry Insight from Reuters Events, a part of Thomson Reuters. Price indexation and curtailment payments spurred competitive bids in Ireland's first offshore wind auction but supply chain and ...

They say it is an ill wind that blows no one any good. But rising temperatures—and the need to slash Europe’s dependence on Russian energy—are a boon for Ireland’s ambitions to become a big exporter ...