Category Archives: renewable energy

Ireland launching world’s first tidal power scheme

April 1, 2008 – 9:08 am

The world’s first turbine to generate commercial amounts of electricity from tidal energy is being installed in Strangford Lough today.
The SeaGen turbine which can generate up to 1.2MW (enough to power approx 1,000 homes) was developed by Marine Current Turbines and works much like submerged windmills, but driven by flowing water rather than air. These […]

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Wind Energy data for the US

March 29, 2008 – 4:40 pm

I found a couple of very interesting sites on the state of Wind energy production in the US in the last couple of days.
The first is the website of the US Dept of Energy’s Wind and Hydropower technologies program. It includes a page which charts the rollout of wind power across the US over time.

You […]

By Tom Raftery | Also posted in Wind Energy | Comments (0)

Irish company to spend €22 billion on renewables?

March 28, 2008 – 12:15 am

ESB, the incumbent Irish energy company, are not renowned for being innovative but today they shocked everyone when they announced that they are going on a capital expenditure program worth €22 billion!
This has got to be the largest announced investment by a single company in Ireland in the history of the state.
Why am I reporting […]

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