Move comes as part of company’s plan to focus on renewable generation

Primary and secondary schools to reducing carbon footprint and costs under initiative

The Scottish utility plans an expansion of its renewable power business to compete globally in the area of massive wind farms

Bids for Mainstream could see the business valued at up to €1bn

The utility company has more than 700,000 customers in Ireland and 24% market share

More than 50 Irish firms have backed pledge to halve carbon footprint by 2030

Company expects earnings per share to be at lower end of expected 83p to 88p range

Company is cutting electricity and gas prices for 320,000 homes

UK energy giant SSE sold the wind farm capable of generating energy for 16,300 homes

Cork wind-farm owner cut debt by €10m to €61m

Yellow River project in Rhode will have 29 turbines and is set to be operational in 2022

Friday interview: Jim Barry, investment chief at BlackRock Alternative Investors

Existing premises delivering rental income of €162,500 per annum

London’s FTSE outperforms as pound falters on Brexit woes

Green Energy Company Ltd reduces debt to creditors by almost 7% to just over €70m

Figures are contained in a third quarter trading update from Scottish parent SSE

Uneventful day in Dublin sees Iseq Overall index fall 0.56 per cent

Costs of State tenancy as ground bones aid space exploration

Using the 1950s State electricity model would be a sin against the new orthodoxy

The impatience of more than 542,000 homes and businesses in rural Ireland is understandable