Ireland needs to scale up its vision for offshore wind
The State is still thinking too small about the scale of the opportunity
Renewable Energy
Irrational response to Middle East conflict risks slowing transition to renewable energy
What was disturbing to this observer was the hostile focus, yet again, on Ireland’s carbon tax
Why is Jack Chambers so coy about designating offshore wind as critical infrastructure?
Designation would oblige public bodies to smooth the path of offshore wind farm projects in so far as their statutory powers allow
Europe’s air temperatures becoming ‘dangerously high’, amid record heatwaves in 2025
Temperatures exceeded 30 degrees inside Arctic Circle as entire continent suffered extreme weather
Environmental groups granted leave to challenge data centre policy
High Court told new rules allowing data centres to use fossil fuel power breach climate law
Legal or illegal, Ireland’s emissions failure will damage the world
Any additional emissions will cause additional climate harm: that’s the basic physical and moral challenge of climate change
The cost of running a home in Ireland: from one cup of tea to a 10-minute shower
Knowing how much it costs to heat the livingroom or have a cup of tea can help keep your spending in check
Claims that solar developments could undermine national food security stretch credulity
Golf courses, which also take land out of food production, are rarely framed as a threat to national food security
Irish soil can take us closer to energy sovereignty
Supply vulnerabilities should be treated as a stark warning
Ireland considers designating private offshore wind facilities as critical infrastructure
Jack Chambers tells Oireachtas committee engagement on this issue is under way within Government
Landmark wind farm project worth €1.4bn dropped because it would not survive weather, court told
Three Galway businessmen suing firm owned by Macquarie and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board over share purchase agreement tied to project
Pivoting to sustainability: We must become energy independent of US and Middle East
Government needs to face down vested interests and push towards renewable power
Energy vulnerabilities exposed
Last week’s events showed how reliant we remain on fossil fuels and how culturally embedded that dependence is
Ireland’s renewable energy is benefiting data centres, not households, says Social Democrat
Jennifer Whitmore accuses Government of allowing data centres get all the benefits of renewable energy
Why Ireland should think again about nuclear power
Other small countries use it, and small modular reactors are coming
Iran war triggers 19% jump in Irish wholesale electricity prices
Increase in wind energy shields country from worst of spike, Wind Energy Ireland says
Fuel protests must not derail Ireland’s climate plan. Neither should data centres
If global oil prices soar past $100 a barrel, it will be impossible to shield the Irish economy - or anyone reliant on fossil fuels - from the impact
Electricity bills in Ireland among the highest in Europe
Dependence on natural gas and rising network charges blamed by experts for high energy costs
Could tax revenue loss be hindering Ireland’s shift to renewables?
A Limerick reader questions whether fiscal considerations are delaying the green transition
New critical infrastructure laws will block climate-based legal challenges
Green Party says move is ‘death’ of climate act
Ireland’s future energy needs must be met by renewables and nuclear
Critical effort must go into balancing both so we have a competitive, secure and affordable energy system
Some fuel alternatives
Bowing to pressure and abandoning oil and gas exploration will cost us dearly in terms of future energy security
Fracked gas from the US another sign of our ‘pure hypocrisy’ on energy
We like to think of ourselves as a nuclear-free zone but we are currently building the multi-billion-euro Celtic connector to France to get access to its nuclear power
Oil price rise to have deeper inflation impact than just increases at the pumps
Reading US intentions on Iran is proving next to impossible
We could do with a national gas reserve right now. Pity we don’t have one
Country faces prolonged and great uncertainty over price and availability of fuels we depend on
Double fuel allowance, an excise duty cut and a haulier rebate to ease energy costs
Government ‘cannot shield people from the full impact of the war’, Coalition source says
UK pension fund buys into Dublin’s Poolbeg incinerator
Biggest UK private pension fund to take 50% stake in incinerator’s parent company
What the world can learn from Ireland’s battle to power data centres
The country is a canary in the coal mine for dealing with the strains of a boom in energy demand
John FitzGerald: Ireland was too slow on EVs and retrofitting. Now it’s costing consumers
Short-term support should target the most vulnerable through the welfare system but failure to phase out fossil fuels is costing consumers
Price of our dependence on fossil fuels is becoming clear yet again
But renewable energy relies on resources that will never run out and cannot be cut off as act of aggression
Government inquiry into home heating oil and petrol prices is a political diversion
This week’s bluster gives the impression of some kind of crackdown – with consequences. Don’t be fooled
Surprisingly unsmelly and financially sweet: Why 2026 could be biomethane’s big year
Ireland has a large agricultural sector where most farmers and food processors want to do the right thing, so it’s a no-brainer
Claims electricity grid being opened for privatisation are ‘nonsense’, Oireachtas committee told
Wind and solar groups say 13% and 16% of energy produced in their respective sectors was wasted last year due to grid ‘challenges and congestion’
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