The Irish Times

Urban Volt borrows €36m to fund solar expansion

‘Transformational’ loan will allow green energy supplier meet fast-growing demand

Tue May 17 2022 - 11:39

Burglar who left trail of blood after bar raid is jailed

Garda observed defendant bleeding heavily as he walked in Dublin city centre

Fri Feb 25 2022 - 18:02

Urban Volt loses €450,000, but says company positioned for significant growth

2020 proved ‘model is scalable’ as revenues grow and business expands into solar power

Wed Jun 30 2021 - 05:35

Urban Volt plans to supply solar electricity to Irish businesses at 30% discount

UrbanVolt intends to install solar panels on client companies’ rooftops, financing and maintaining the equipment itself

Tue Apr 06 2021 - 04:56

Vernon and ISIF back €7m funding round for Urbanvolt

Stephen Vernon takes 10% stake in energy lighting business and will become chairman

Tue Oct 13 2020 - 05:12

Air purification group Wellair raises $8m as Covid-19 boosts sales

Investor F-Prime leads funding of Irish group trading as Novaerus and Plasma-Air

Mon Jul 06 2020 - 12:10

Taoiseach says ‘Santa will find’ homeless children

Varadkar was responding to news of boy’s letter to Father Christmas: ‘Please come to my hotel again with Batman toys’

Wed Dec 11 2019 - 14:25

UrbanVolt to take on 100 people in US as it closes big contract wins

Company also predicting it will seek additional funding as it ramps up operations

Sat Dec 15 2018 - 02:27

Irish energy-saving specialist UrbanVolt raises €55m

British company Low Carbon invests in firm that uses LED lights to improve efficiency

Thu Jul 12 2018 - 05:00

UrbanVolt delivers massive energy savings with LED lighting

Dublin-headquartered company hits target equivalent to the permanent switch-off of one million light bulbs

Mon May 21 2018 - 04:15

UrbanVolt introduces new ‘solar as a service’ offering

Irish energy-saving lighting firm is looking to take one in five of its clients off the grid

Thu Dec 14 2017 - 05:04

The Irish firm behind the bright idea to sell light as a service

Innovation awards finalist UrbanVolt helps firms switch to sustainable energy

Thu Sept 28 2017 - 06:11

Urban Volt energised by €30m financing deal with Swiss fund

Recent feature in ‘New Yorker’ leads to inquiries from potential US customers

Tue Nov 01 2016 - 05:39

Jamie Heaslip plays well on commercial field with Urban Volt

Tech investor has taken a stake in UrbanVolt, an energy-saving LED lighting firm

Fri Jan 22 2016 - 09:30

Bright SME idea

Kevin Maughan has hired a bright spark from Bord Gáis Energy

Fri Nov 20 2015 - 09:37

UrbanVolt invests €30m as it rolls out new lighting system

Company signs deal with Bord Gáis Energy to become supplier to 30,000 customers

Mon Sept 14 2015 - 07:00