Call for Tax Breaks for Micro Energy Generation
IRELAND - Micro Power Generation especially from wind has the potential to reduce Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions and its reliance on imported fossil fuels.

Phase 3 of Bioenergy Scheme Announced
IRELAND - Mr Tony Killeen TD, Minister for Fisheries and Forestry, has announced the commencement of the third phase of the Bioenergy Scheme.

Immediate Reform of UN Body Urged
IRELAND - Mr. Trevor Sargent T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food yesterday (20 November) called for the immediate reform of the UN's agriculture...

NTR in Algae Joint Venture
IRELAND- NTR plc (NTR), a leading international developer and operator in renewable energy and sustainable waste management, together with its North American based ethanol business,...

€50m Set for Wind Farm Investment
IRELAND - Some €50m is set to be invested in a wind farm project that is hoped will be in operation in 2011 in the west of Ireland.

Finance Bill Kick Starts Renewable Energy Production
IRELAND - Irish Farmers' Association Munster Vice President Sean O'Leary, who is Chairman of IFA's Climate Change Working Group, has called on the Government to kick-start on farm renewable...

Initiative of Renewable Energy Micro Generation
IRELAND - At the launch of an Irish Farmers' Association initiative on renewable energy generation on farms, President Padraig Walshe said that micro power generation from a range of...

Energia Brings New Wind Power to Irish Market
IRELAND - The leading competitive energy provider, Energia has taken delivery of 61 megawatts of wind power from new turbine facilities in counties Cork and Kerry for onward supply...

Ireland Proposes New Target for Biofuels
IRELAND - Irish Energy Minister Eamon Ryan has reduced the country's target use of biofuels in a bid to meet growing concerns over sutainability andenvironmental issues.

From Field to Furnace
IRELAND - A new DVD entitled ‘Willow & Miscanthus – From Field To Furnace has been produced by Teagasc together with Sustainable Energy Ireland and the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries...

Algae Breakthrough for Biofuels
IRELAND - A team of researchers from Irish biofuels company AER and the National University of Ireland in Galway (NUIG) have developed the new technology, to convert algae to commercially-viable...

Biofuel Oil Seed Rape to Clean up Toxic Soils
IRELAND - Oil seed rape grown for biofuel in Ireland could help clean up contaminated soils, scientists heard at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting being held this...

Biomass Field Trials of Hemp to Be Pioneered
IRELAND - Field trials of industrial hemp are taking place in Ireland to see if it is suitable as a biomass crop.

Biomass in Ireland: a €500m Deal
IRELAND - Mayo Power, which plans to build a 100-megawatt mixed-fuel power plant near Killala, has signed a deal, understood to be worth between €400m and €500m, to procure biomass...

IFA: Farmers Warned Against Low Grain Prices
IRELAND - IFA National Grain Committee Chairman, Colum McDonnell warned growers not to be conned into taking low prices for grain this harvest, as the trade try to talk down prices...