Clean Tech

Galway firm to help Italian airports manage energy usage

21.02.2012 Irish energy-management firm Enerit is deploying its cloud-based software at Milan Malpensa Airport and Rome Fiumicino Airport, with the aim of helping the two airports track and manage their energy usage. More »
Apple to build 20MW solar farm at North Carolina data centre

21.02.2012 In its latest environmental report, Apple has revealed how it is planning to build a 100-acre solar farm around its data centre in Maiden, North Carolina. Apple is also building a fuel cell installation powered by biogas at the site. More »
School in a Box deploys solar power for education in Africa

20.02.2012 Institute of Art, Design & Technology (IADT) researchers have pioneered a unique, solar-powered solution that is aiming to revolutionise education in rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa, where up to 90pc of the population don’t have electricity. More »
World’s largest solar-powered boat takes on the Gulf of Aden

17.02.2012 Now 508 days into its 18-month world circumnavigation challenge, PlanetSolar, the world’s largest solar-powered boat, is continuing to make strides. After docking in Abu Dhabi for the World Future Energy Summit at the end of January, the crew is now taking on the Gulf of Aden, a waterway that's notorious for sea piracy. More »
New e-car charge points for Luas and Iarnród Éireann users

17.02.2012 As part of its electric car mission, ESB ecars has just installed 30 electric charge points at Iarnród Éireann car parks around Ireland, as well as at Luas Park & Ride facilities in Dublin. More »
Ireland: a green tech epicentre

16.02.2012 With a Green IFSC, Ireland is emerging as a financial hub for the global green-tech industry. What will this mean for clean-tech entrepreneurs and start-ups? More »
EcoNav transport research receives €2.35m EU funding

14.02.2012 The Centre for Transport Research and Innovation for People (TRIP) at Trinity College Dublin (TCD) is playing a major role in an EU sustainable travel research project called EcoNav, which has been awarded €2.35m by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). More »
Tesla reveals prototype Model X electric crossover

10.02.2012 Tesla has just debuted its latest all-electric vehicle, a crossover it's calling the Model X. The SUV-type vehicle will feature futuristic falcon-wing doors and is set to go into production in 2013. More »
Clean-tech Finance Bill changes welcomed by Green IFSC

09.02.2012 The clean-tech tax changes to the Finance Bill have been welcomed by the Green IFSC, which says Ireland’s Government is likely the first in the world to recognise forest carbon credits in tax legislation. More »
Ocean Energy to deploy €9m device at UK marine energy test site

08.02.2012 Irish company Ocean Energy has today landed a major contract to provide the first wave device to the offshore marine energy test site Wave Hub in Cornwall by the end of the year, giving a welcome boost to Ireland’s wave-energy sector. More »