Author Archives: Francoise Hickey

“The Greatest Change Ever in the Motor Industry Is Happening Now” – this is the view of one of the motor journalists I met at the Frankfurt Motor Show last week.  I was there as part of the Clean Drive Project (www.clean-drive.eu).  The Frankfurt show is one of the largest motor shows in the world

  There has been much debate about the net benefit of growing energy crops to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. While it is accepted that energy crops can displace fossil fuel imports, the emissions from the cultivation of energy crops were, until now, uncertain. Teagasc has carried out a number of research projects to quantify the

The National Rural Network (NRN) Newsletter is just out and contains an article on the Community Wind farm in Templederry, which the TEA is supporting.  The €6.3m project is close to achieving financial close with the banks and subject to this will start construction this year.  Read more here http://www.nrn.ie/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/nrn-newsletter-issue-8.pdf

http://www.etenders.gov.ie/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JUL240758   Borrisokane Community College has launched a tender for a renewable locally source fuel to supply heat and hot water to the new build project at the school campus. See link to e-tenders above. The TEA are providing the procurement and project management service to the school. This is the 5th Biomass Boiler procured

The TEA presented it experiences of using RETScreen at the RETScreen International Conference in Niagra Falls, Canada on the 20th June.  Over 240 engineers, educators and developers from the energy sector attended the event.  See the presentation here TEA RETScreen Presentation Final.  Find out more about RETScreen at www.retscreen.net or join the RETScreen Users group

A Green Business Networking Session Wednesday 22nd June 2011 | 13.30 – 16.30 | Town Hall Theatre, Nenagh | €Free With the growing interest in the green economy and clean technologies we could be on the cusp of the biggest transformation in society since the industrial revolution. Establishing green jobs and exploiting the country’s ‘green