Rural Life
Ceann Comhairle objects to solar farm plan for Kildare farmland
By Gordon Deegan Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó’Fearghaíl TD, has raised concerns over a planned €100 million solar farm that is to...
Rural Life
By Gordon Deegan Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó’Fearghaíl TD, has raised concerns over a planned €100 million solar farm that is to...
Agri-Business
AIB has announced that it is buying renewable energy from a newly constructed solar farm in Co. Wexford. The solar...
Rural Life
Plans for a large-scale solar farm across almost 250ha in Co. Kildare have been appealed to An Bord Pleanála. The...
Rural Life
ESB has today (Tuesday, January 9) confirmed that work will get underway shortly on its first solar farm which will...
Rural Life
Planning permission is being sought for a proposed solar farm across 205ha in Co. Meath which could provide electricity to...
Agri-Business
Planning permission is being sought for a solar farm in Co. Kildare which will be used to power an existing...
Agri-Business
ESB and Bord na Móna have commenced construction on a new solar farm at Timahoe North, Co. Kildare, as part...
Environment
Tirlán has been granted planning permission for a solar farm at Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny. Kilkenny County Council has approved a...
Rural Life
By Gordon Deegan 15 appeals have been lodged with An Bord Pleanála by parties seeking to block plans for a...
Agri-Business
Solar can provide a viable alternative energy source for the farming sector, according to two members of the Joint Committee...
Agri-Business
The provisional results of Ireland’s Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS 2) auction show that two solar farms, with a total...
Rural Life
By Gordon Deegan A Larry Goodman-owned organic meat producer, Good Herdsmen, has emerged as one of 26 parties to appeal...
Environment
Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan has yesterday (Friday, April 29), formally opened the first grid-scale solar...
Environment
An announcement is expected this month (December) on a system allowing farmers to sell excess solar energy produced on-farm back...
Environment
The opening of the largest solar farm in the Republic of Ireland at the Eli Lilly plant in Cork has...
Environment
Statkraft has begun construction on Ireland’s “largest” solar farm, which will create enough energy to power over 40,000 homes, according...
Environment
Construction is to begin on three new solar farms in counties Wexford and Kilkenny this month, according to EDF Renewables...
Environment
Aberystwyth University in Wales has announced plans to invest £2.5 million in a 10ac solar farm as part of its...