In 2013 Tipperary local authorities have collectively insulated over 1000 social houses throughout the county. The total cost of these upgrades amounts to €2.5 million, supporting 50 full time jobs in the region. Paul Kenny, CEO Tipperary Energy Agency said “As a result of this work, families across North and South Tipperary will be living

Tipperary Energy Agency bought 8 people to Leuven and surrounding towns in Belgium to learn about a number of sustainability projects thanks to a Grundtvig Learning Partnership grant. The 8 winners of the green trip represented 5 groups; Birdhill Tidy Towns, Tipperary Green Business Network, Cabra Wetlands, Drombane Community Retrofit Scheme and Local Switch. The

The SustainCo (Sustainable Energy For Rural Communities) online toolkit was launched this weekend at Ireland’s first ‘Open Doors Days’ for near zero energy rated buildings.  The ‘Open Doors Days’ event saw a huge number pioneering low energy homes and buildings  all over the Ireland open their doors to the public.  Visitors to homes and buildings

A new category has been created at this year’s LAMA Community and Council Awards (formerly LAMA awards).  The Best Community Renewable Energy Award seeks to recognise community groups that have undertaken renewable energy projects.  For the first time non commercial groups and organisations that have successfully implemented or initiated a specific renewable energy project based

Ireland’s first community owned wind farm was officially opened by Minister Pat Rabbitte, TD Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources in Templederry Co. Tipperary today. Templederry Community Wind Farm counts students, farmers and a local priest amongst its owners. The group is now producing green electricity and selling it to the grid, producing approx

Tipperary Energy Agency is delighted to announce that we’re sponsoring the Best Community Renewable Energy Project as part of the 2014 Community & Council Awards. The overall aim of the awards is to highlight and recognise community and councils together, bringing national recognition to projects and developments that may otherwise go unrecognnised. Best Community Renewable

The County Tipperary village of Emly has placed sixth at the Energy ‘Eurovision’ finals. A total of 16 European countries competed at the European Energy Neighbourhoods competition, culminating in the finale in Brussles on June 28. Countries such as Sweden, United Kingdom, Germany, France and Austria were all represented. The eventual winners hailed from Greece.

Community-owned wind farms and community wind energy cooperatives are already commonplace in Germany. As more and more projects are being developed further inland, residents are finding more models available to participate in local wind projects which provide long-term added value to the community. In other European countries, however, such operator models are not as prevalent.