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.

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.

The 7th Global Wind Day is taking place this Saturday, June 15th. It is a day when wind energy is celebrated and information is exchanged. Adults and children find out about wind energy, its power and the possibilities it holds to change the world. To celebrate Global Wind Day, Tipperary Energy Agency organised a series

Last night at the Annual Green Awards in the Burlington Hotel our CEO Paul Kenny picked up the Green Leader Award 2013. The awards pay tribute to all of the companies and people whose achievements have delivered exceptional environmental performance in 2012. Paul was acknowledged as a champion of new technologies and renewables. His work in helping

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

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

The Irish Wind Energy Association has developed a local community involvement model document that is a good start. It is available here. It essentially suggests a figure of €1000 per MW per year installed or less than 0.5% of the gross income. (Using Eirgrid’s 2012 28.8% CF and €75/MWh). This is a paltry figure, and