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HSA: Solar company fined €100k for fatality at Louth farm

Rural Life

4 months ago

HSA: Solar company fined €100k for fatality at Louth farm

A solar company has been fined €100,000 for the death of a man in a work-related incident on a...

'No scientific evidence' linking solar farms to TB outbreaks - industry group

Agri-Business

4 months ago

'No scientific evidence' linking solar farms to TB outbreaks - industry group

There "is no scientific or peer-reviewed evidence" that supports a potential link between solar...

Solar firm Local Power 'secures extended solar PV warranty'

Environment

6 months ago

Solar firm Local Power 'secures extended solar PV warranty'

Irish-based solar business Local Power has said it has reached a deal with its Austrian partner...

Cork farmer wins €5,000 off the cost of solar installation

Agri-Business

8 months ago

Cork farmer wins €5,000 off the cost of solar installation

The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) and Bord Gáis Energy have announced that a farmer from Co....

37 energy research projects to receive €21m in government funding

Agri-Business

8 months ago

37 energy research projects to receive €21m in government funding

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), along with four co-funding partners, has...

Agri-Business

9 months ago

Grid investment must address microgeneration restrictions - MREF

The Micro-Renewable Energy Federation (MREF) has welcomed a commitment from government to upgrade...

Grid investment must address microgeneration restrictions - MREF

Agri-Business

9 months ago

Three-phase smart meters issue to be resolved in Q1 2025 - Caslin

The issues around the rollout of three-phase smart meters on farms are due to be resolved in the...

Three-phase smart meters issue to be resolved in Q1 2025 - Caslin

Agri-Business

10 months ago

Dawn Meats invests €1.5m in Waterford solar panel project

Dawn Meats has invested €1.5 million in a newly completed solar panel project at its Grannagh...

Dawn Meats invests €1.5m in Waterford solar panel project

Agri-Business

10 months ago

Solar panel installation - what farmers should look out for

The Micro-Renewable Energy Federation [MREF] is urging farmers to take care while choosing an...

Solar panel installation - what farmers should look out for

Rural Life

10 months ago

SEAI: 54,000 properties retrofitted with energy upgrades

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has today (Wednesday, January 15) published its...

SEAI: 54,000 properties retrofitted with energy upgrades

Environment

about 1 year ago

Welcome for renewable energy measures in Budget 2025

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has welcomed measures secured by Minister for...

Welcome for renewable energy measures in Budget 2025

Rural Life

about 1 year ago

205ha solar farm granted planning permission in Meath

Planning permission has been granted by Meath County Council this week, for the construction of a...

205ha solar farm granted planning permission in Meath

Environment

over 1 year ago

European Solar Academy to train 100,000 workers across the EU

A new initiative by the European Commission, the European Solar Academy, aims to address the skills...

European Solar Academy to train 100,000 workers across the EU

Agri-Business

over 1 year ago

Minister: TAMS Solar PV must be signed off by 'registered' electrician

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has stressed that all solar photo-voltaic (PV)...

Minister: TAMS Solar PV must be signed off by 'registered' electrician

Agri-Business

over 1 year ago

Dairygold Co-op in bid to erect solar PV panels on 6.6ha site

Dairygold Co-Operative Society Ltd. has applied for planning permission to erect solar photovoltaic...

Dairygold Co-op in bid to erect solar PV panels on 6.6ha site

Environment

over 1 year ago

Approval for solar farm in Meath despite loss of agri land

By Gordon Deegan The owner of Tara Mines, Boliden has secured planning permission to develop a...

Approval for solar farm in Meath despite loss of agri land

Rural Life

over 1 year ago

Ceann Comhairle objects to solar farm plan for Kildare farmland

By Gordon Deegan Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó'Fearghaíl TD, has raised concerns over a...

Ceann Comhairle objects to solar farm plan for Kildare farmland

Agri-Business

over 1 year ago

Dairygold to buy solar energy from Cork grain supplier

Dairygold has become the first dairy processor in Ireland to sign a corporate Power Purchase...

Dairygold to buy solar energy from Cork grain supplier

Environment

over 1 year ago

Greencoat estimates over 5,000ac of land used for solar and wind farms

Irish investment company, Greencoat Renewables PLC has estimated that around 3,000ac of land in...

Greencoat estimates over 5,000ac of land used for solar and wind farms

Agri-Business

over 1 year ago

Solar company welcomes extension of warranties for PV modules

Solar company, Local Power Ltd. has welcomed the announcement by German solar PV panel...

Solar company welcomes extension of warranties for PV modules

Rural Life

over 1 year ago

Tipperary farmers win €25k solar system prize from Agriland and Local Power

Agriland presented dairy shorthorn farmers Michael and Mary Purcell from Thurles, Co. Tipperary...

Tipperary farmers win €25k solar system prize from Agriland and Local Power

Environment

almost 2 years ago

Solar project aims to reduce dairy costs and emissions

Researchers for the Application of Solar Thermal Energy to Processes (ASTEP) project have developed...

Solar project aims to reduce dairy costs and emissions

Environment

almost 2 years ago

Report: 48% see financial return as barrier to renewable diversification

Irish farmers are increasingly turning to solar energy, but 48% still believe financial investment...

Report: 48% see financial return as barrier to renewable diversification

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