Eight companies chosen for Bord na Móna’s new sustainability accelerator
Businesses include EV charging, hydroponic farming and renewable energy enterprises
Businesses include EV charging, hydroponic farming and renewable energy enterprises
Bord na Móna confirms another 5,200 hectares of peatlands have been restored
Semi-state may take a stake in companies selected for Acelerate Green programme
Energy park planned for site near Rochfortbridge, Co Westmeath
State company notes early benefit of strategic shift into recycling and renewables
Transition cannot be denied, as 80% of its operations now focus on renewable energy
Firm says it will be able to supply a third of Irish homes with renewable energy by 2030
Company suspended the activity last year following a 2019 High Court decision
New power plant will supply 55,000 homes with electricity
Semi-State on track to achieve 300% increase in its renewable energy output in this decade
Projects represent 25% of capacity awarded and will power 100,000 homes
State company has seven applications before An Bord Pleanála for ‘substitute consent’
The State company also managed to eliminate debt, clearing almost €24m in liabilities during the year
Committee told of inferior employment alternatives and pension fund failings
The focus will be on native woodland trees such as Downy Birch, Scots Pine and Alder
Donnellan tells unions State company faces ‘dire future’ unless sustainability addressed
Chief executive says lay-offs at Mountdillon will cease until it has ‘greater clarity’
Semi-State company, which is moving away from peat, lost €50m in its last financial year
State company is spending millions as it moves to greener businesses
Bord na Móna’s facility in Co Tipperary will employ 40 people
Living peatlands sequester carbon-dioxide, drawing it down from the atmosphere through plants and trapping it underground as carbon
Semi-State firm last month said over 400 jobs to go as it seeks to reduce carbon footprint
Union says even though workers knew the cuts were coming, people are ‘shocked with the extent of the numbers’
Union warns Government is ‘sleepwalking into a crisis which will devastate Midlands’
Clare native Tom Donnellan will relocate from France to State company
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