Irish Solar Energy Association

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Galway Wind Park, Ireland’s largest onshore wind farm, which was co-developed by SSE and Coillte in Cloosh Valley, Connemara.
‘The next 10 years are going to see change that we probably cannot imagine’

Spurred on by the crisis that is being caused by climate change, the world’s global energy market is undergoing unprecedented upheaval. And the pace w(...)

Jim Gannon Chief Executive SEAI and Paul O’Donnell MD of Unipipe examine a Solar Smart Flower. Photograph: Alan Betson
Solar power: rays of hope

Before this summer, stories about the Irish homeowner relying on solar power to heat and light their home sounded like the beginning of a bad joke, bu(...)

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Denis Naughten: BNRG Renewables hopes he will set out the quantum of an annual auction for the years ahead. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Irish solar company BNRG breaks ground in US

Irish solar company BNRG Renewables has begun construction of a portfolio of 10 solar photovoltaic projects totalling 35 Megawatts (MW) in the US stat(...)

Providing roof-top solar panels in schools would enable communities to see tangible benefits and the resulting long-term energy savings should go directly to the schools, a conference in Dublin heard. File photograph: Tim Ireland/PA Wire
Solar projects must learn lessons from opposition to wind farms

The benefits of solar energy need to be seen in communities or else there is a risk that large projects will face opposition similar to that encounter(...)

Cara Konig-Brock, owner of Beaulieu House in Drogheda, Co Louth. The solar farm will combine “modern technology with a very traditional place, almost in a time warp”. Photograph: Garrett White
Let it shine: the woman behind Ireland’s first big solar farm

Many of Ireland’s country estate houses have been repurposed as wedding venues, but at the 17th-century Beaulieu House in Co Louth there’s a different(...)

The Government’s slow take-up of green energy technology and its inability to curb emissions means the State is now almost certain to breach both its 2020 targets for emissions and renewables, making us something of a climate refusnik.
Denis Naughten embraces solar energy but on his own turf

The Government’s engagement with the solar energy lobby here might generously be described as half-hearted; in reality it has been non-existent. Year(...)

Fergus Wheatley (left), MD, SmartPower and Dan O’Connor, manager, Charlestown Shopping Centre. Photograph Nick Bradshaw
Dublin shopping centre bags €61,000 in annual energy savings

“Commercial buildings can make big savings when it comes to energy and the payback time on your investment can be as little as six months.” So says F(...)

David Maguire, chairman of the Irish Solar Energy Association (ISEA) and ISEA member Peter Duff with Charlotte Maguire (age 7), from Dublin
More than 7,000 jobs could come from solar power - report

Solar power could create up to 7,300 jobs while meeting 7 per cent of electricity demand, according to report published by the industry on Tuesday. T(...)