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Total of 23 applications for €40m AD grant
Stephen Robb
The €40m Biomethane Capital Grant scheme will provide 20% grants towards the cost of building a new anaerobic digestion plant or upgrading a biogas plant, up to a maximum of €5m.
4 September 2024 News
Renewables outstripped by growing demand
Record demand continues to outstrip new renewable generation, according to the 2023 Energy Balance published by the SEAI, writes Stephen Robb.
4 September 2024 News
Renewable news: 131 GB projects funded, Belfast harbour and new wind farms
Stephen Robb runs through some of the key renewables news stories of the week across Ireland and beyond.
NI gone from leaders to laggards in renewables - RenewableNI
The figures for the previous 12-month period show renewable generation accounted for 45.8% of Northern Ireland's electricity use, down 5% from 2022.
4 September 2024 Northern Ireland
83% of Ireland's energy still comes from fossil fuels - SEAI
Only around 14% of our energy comes from renewables, but electricity imported from interconnectors is helping to reduce overall energy emissions, according to the SEAI.
2 September 2024 News
Water quality and derogation – how can ReNure help?
The ReNure amendment to the Nitrates Directive would allow processed livestock manures to be used as a chemical fertiliser replacement, writes Teagasc researcher Maurice Deasy.
28 August 2024 Renewables
Renewable news: An Bord Pleanála staff, natural gas and Gort series 2
Stephen Robb runs through some of the key renewables news stories of the week.
28 August 2024 News
Grid challenges hit solar rollout
Many farmers are disappointed when they find out they cannot install the size of solar PV system they want due to grid limitations, writes Stephen Robb.
28 August 2024 Renewables
Call for safeguards to protect productive land from solar farms
Solar farms reduce the farmland available for young farmers to lease, according to the IFA's rural development chair.
28 August 2024 Renewables
Ireland’s stretched electricity grid scuppers Google’s data centre plans
The existing insufficient capacity in the electricity network and the lack of significant on-site renewable energy to power the data centre were among the reasons for refusal.
28 August 2024 News
Over 900 acres of solar farms get green light
Four solar farm projects, which span over 900 acres in Louth, Tipperary, Meath and Cork, have been given the green light.
26 August 2024 News
Renewables in-brief: appeals, planning reform and two-acre batteries
Stephen Robb runs through the main renewable energy stories of the week.
21 August 2024 News