Environment
Wind farms provided 32% of electricity for the first 10 months of the year, according to Wind Energy Ireland's monthly wind energy report
Rural Life
A TD has called on the government to publish guidelines on wind farm development, saying that people "need legally binding rights".
Wind farms provided 35% of Ireland's electricity in 2023 and set a new record for the amount of power they produced, a new report said.
Agri-Business
Good weather in the second half of last month resulted in a drop in the electricity generated by Irish wind farms compared to May 2022
Irish wind farms contributed 36% of energy last month, an increase of 12% on the resource's contribution in March 2022.
Renewable energy projects should be automatically approved if the planning process takes more than two years, MEP Sean Kelly has urged.
Wind farms provided provided 34% of Ireland's electricity requirements in 2022, equivalent needs of nearly three million families.
The annual Building Communities report from Wind Energy Ireland has reported that wind farms delivered more than...
Wind farms and the role they can play in helping Ireland to achieve its renewable energy targets will be discussed at the event tonight.
A TD is calling for Wind Energy Development Guidelines to "prioritise meaningful community consultation" on development of wind farms.
Communities affected by wind turbines are "profoundly frustrated" by a lack of updated guidelines on their construction, a TD had said.
Independent TD for Laois-Offaly, Carol Nolan, has described plans by Offaly County Council to pave...
SSE Renewables gave €1.1 million in funding to 412 community groups near its wind farms in the Republic of Ireland in the last year.
A consultation has opened this week on the second onshore Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS 2) auction design and implementation.
There are no works planned on the site of the wind farm at Meenbog in Co. Donegal until agencies have reviewed documentation.
The impact on future generations will be "detrimental" if the number of wind farms in north Kerry continues to grow, according to residents.
It has been announced this week that Greencoat Renewables is set to buy two wind farms in Cavan and Offaly for €123 million.
In the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, communities are ending up "having to take in these enormous, imposing wind farms".
SSE has written to Eamon Ryan with five key priorities to deliver a green economic recovery, including the development of wind farms.
Households located within 1km of new onshore wind farms will be set for an annual payment of at least €1,000 under the RESS.
Plans are in place by Coillte to erect a 10-turbine wind farm across mountainous terrain in Sligo / north Leitrim.
A 10-turbine wind farm is in the pipeline by Coillte across picturesque, mountainous terrain in the north west.
Coillte has confirmed to AgriLand this week that it intends to build a 10-turbine wind farm across the north-west in north Leitrim and Sligo.
