Rural Life
Wholesale electricity prices fall 35% in a year
The price of wholesale electricity was 35% lower in June 2023 when compared with the same month last year, according...
Rural Life
The price of wholesale electricity was 35% lower in June 2023 when compared with the same month last year, according...
Environment
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue recently attended the launch of the Energy and Farm Diversification Show...
Agri-Business
Engaging with local communities is key to successful planning applications for anaerobic digestion (AD) biomethane plants, a recent Irish Farmers’...
Agri-Business
The spell of good weather in the second half of last month resulted in a drop in the electricity generated...
Rural Life
Wind Energy Ireland has invited members of the public to visit one of almost a dozen wind farms in several...
N.Ireland
A total of £600,000 has been awarded to six Northern Ireland (NI) companies to develop practical and environmentally friendly solutions...
Agri-Business
Aurivo Dairy Ingredients has been granted planning permission to install solar panels at its processing plant in Co. Roscommon. The...
Pig/Poultry
Farmers have been advised to identify the least energy-efficient areas on their farms before adopting renewable technologies such as solar...
Environment
The Micro Renewable Energy Federation (MREF) has urged the government to “stand up” for farming and seize the opportunities that...
Agri-Business
The removal of VAT for solar panels will apply to private houses only and not to farm buildings, the Department...
Rural Life
An Independent TD has said plans to cut the VAT rate on solar panels are “better late than never” and...
Agri-Business
Irish wind farms provided 36% of the country’s electricity last month, up 12% on the resource’s contribution in March 2022,...
Rural Life
The European Council and EU Parliament have today (Thursday, March 30) reached a provisional deal aiming to increase renewable energy...
Environment
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has awarded approximately €19 million in government funding to support more than 40...
Rural Life
Irish wind farms provided 42% of the country’s electricity in February, according to a new report from Wind Energy Ireland....
Agri-Business
Aurivo Dairy Ingredients has applied for planning permission to install solar panels at its plant in Co. Roscommon. According to...
Dairy
Multinational dairy company Arla Foods has opened a new solar power plant in Tychowo, Poland, which will produce 1,620MW/h of...
Environment
The Irish Solar Energy Association (ISEA) has welcomed the publication by the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine...