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Cutting Through the Noise on Wind Energy

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The repeated discussions in the Media in Ireland surrounding wind energy impact to local communities, with noise/ shadow flicker and economic benefits/costs being the two main themes. When we talk about Noise and shadow flicker, it’s a project specific fact based studies, where topography of the land, turbine size and local factors like planting make

ACE: European Renewable Energy specialists

Posted by Paul Kenny

The next Ace partners meeting is taking place this week 8th-10th April 2013. The meeting will kick off in Dublin with a half-day workshop hosted by Codema.  The workshop will be based on ICT Capabilities for energy-smart cities, villages and regions and will be held in the DDDA building on Custom House Quay. Co Tipperary 

Tipperary Local Authorities Lead the Way

Posted by Paul Kenny

North Tipperary County Council is the top local authority at reducing energy intensity. NTCC recently received it’s scorecard from SEAI on it’s progress at reducing energy intensity to deliver it’s services. The target for all public sector bodies is 33% by 2020. North Tipperary Co Co have achieved 18% of the 33% by the end

Training for tradespersons

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The Train Energy project completed recently completed trained over 500 tradespersons from accross Europe, over 50 in Ireland. There were several interesting conclusions including how best to recruit tradespersons and also how to overcome traditional classroom training barriers with tradespersons.  The full report on what was done and lessons learned is available here. All the