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ESB, in partnership with Business to Arts, is aiming to start essential conversations about the energy transition through art, and applications for funding are now open

Many of Northern Ireland’s top attractions reopened from May 24th and are ready to offer a giant welcome to visitors again.

Cost of preserving Poolbeg chimneys could be €5m ‘if they can be saved at all’ ESB chief executive Pat O’Doherty says the condition of the twin chimneys’ foundations will ultimately determine their fate 23rd May, 2021 The well-known stacks in Dubin Bay are part of the decommissioned Poolbeg power generator, which has been offline since 2010 The cost of saving the landmark Poolbeg towers in Dublin is likely to be between €3 million and €5 million if they can...

Saving the Poolbeg Chimneys could cost between €3 - €5million.

Green is the new black. Subscribe to Accelerate Get the market insight you need into the global oil & gas industrys energy transition – from the new newsletter from Upstream and Recharge. Sign up here Lévy - who will be supported by Corina Popescu, CEO of Romanian state power company Electrica, and Leonhard Birnbaum, CEO of the German energy supplier E.ON – has set his two-year mandate to “pursue the transformations needed to shift away from fossil fuels, making the [European] Green Deal...

Over 600 jobs to be created in new green energy hub at old Moneypoint power plant The first phase will be ready and connected to the grid by 2030. Over 600 jobs to be created in new green energy hub at old Moneypoint power plant Over 600 jobs are to be created in a new green energy hub at the old Moneypoint power plant. In one of the countrys biggest climate change projects, the ESB will be building a floating wind farm that will supply electricity for 1.6 million homes. The first phase will be...

Artists impression of the new Moneypoint Renewable Energy Hub in Clare. Moneypoint key to Ireland meeting its climate targets April 19, 2021 Ireland could become net exporter of energy once Green Atlantic project comes fully to fruition, reports Dan Danaher. THE creation of a new multi-billion euro green energy hub at Moneypoint Power Station can help Ireland to become a net exporter of energy, the ESB has predicted. In line with the Government’s ambition of reaching net zero emissions by 20...

Green Atlantic windfarm will create up to 600 new jobs April 17, 2021 BETWEEN 50 and 100 jobs will be created to provide a new €50 million Synchronous Compensator in Moneypoint Power Station as part of the ESB’s exciting new €5 billion Green Atlantic development, reports Dan Danaher. This Synchronous Compensator, which will be the largest of its kind in the world, will provide a range of electrical services to the electricity grid, which would previously have been supplied by thermal-fir...

Thursday, 15 April 2021 13:44 Changes to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 will generate a significant improvement in the terminal’s energy efficiency. Dublin Airport has pinpointed sustainability as a critical pillar in its overall strategy and that of daa Group. Speaking candidly to TRBusiness, Vincent Harrison, Managing Director, Dublin Airport revealed details of a clear and simple sustainability plan. This encompasses key priority areas impacting how the airport operators interact with the e...

12 April 2021 The Republic of Ireland is set to say goodbye to coal, after the state-owned Electricity Supply Board announced it would transform its last remaining coal generation, the 915MW Moneypoint facility, into a green energy hub, including a 1.4GW floating offshore wind farm. The closure of the Moneypoint coal-fired power station is in line with the Ireland Government’s ambition of reaching net zero emissions by 2050. It was already scheduled “no later than 2025”. The Moneypoint s...