Environment
DAFM co-funds energy research projects
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has awarded approximately €19 million in government funding to support more than 40...
SEAI
Environment
Relaunch of scheme for biomass and AD heat systems
The Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) has welcomed the relaunch of the Support Scheme for Renewable Heat (SSRH) by Minister for...
Environment
SEAI: Energy emissions up by 5.4% in 2021
Ireland’s energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions increased by 5.4% in 2021, despite a requirement to decrease them by 4.8%, according...
Rural Life
SEAI: Energy emissions up 5.4% in 2021 despite carbon budget
Despite Ireland’s commitment to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 4.8% per annum under the carbon budgets, energy-related emissions were...
Agri-Business
Energy surveys aim to increase buying power of Kerry farmers
A group of dairy farmers in Co. Kerry are to carry out detailed energy surveys of their farms in order...
Environment
Hackett: Issue with TAMS-funded solar panels 'must be looked at'
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Pippa Hackett has said that farmers should...
Environment
Supports for solar PV microgeneration to be gradually phased out
The government will begin to reduce supports for solar PV microgeneration in 2024, and will start to phase them out...
Agri-Business
51 agri-enterprises offered grants for biomass systems but scheme under-subscribed
Fifty-one agricultural enterprises have been approved for biomass-specific grant aid under the Support Scheme for Renewable Heat (SSRH). The figure...
Environment
Almost €20m announced for sustainable energy projects
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has announced that it has awarded 49 new projects €19.8 million in government...
Environment
Largest solar farm in Ireland opens in Cork
The opening of the largest solar farm in the Republic of Ireland at the Eli Lilly plant in Cork has...
Environment
New support scheme to help SMEs to 'take control of their energy use'
A new energy use support scheme will seek to help Irish small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to “take control of...
Environment
CEO appointed to Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has appointed William Walsh as the organisation’s chief executive officer (CEO). Walsh joined...
Agri-Business
SEAI Energy Show goes online for 2021 this month
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) Energy Show will undergo the virtual treatment this year – with an online...
Environment
Irish greenhouse gas emissions estimated to be 6% lower in 2020
Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) are estimated to have fallen by 6% overall in 2020 due to the impact of...
Environment
SEAI invests €121 million of government funding in 2020
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has said that it has invested €121 million of government funds in 2020,...
Environment
Government funding of €14 million available to businesses for energy efficient buildings
Government grants worth €14 million for businesses carrying out energy efficiency projects have been announced today (Thursday, January 21). Successful applicants...
Dairy
Kerry dairy farmers invite quotations for consultant to carry out 'energy master plan'
The West Kerry Dairy Farmers Sustainable Energy Community (SEC) is inviting quotations for a consultant to prepare an “energy master...
Environment
CO2 emissions from fossil fuels drop by 4.5% - SEAI
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels used for energy fell by 4.5% in 2019, according to the latest figures...
