Notifying all businesses! – Grants are available in 2014! Now is the perfect time to invest in energy efficiency. Prices are reasonable, the SEAI Better Energy Communities grant scheme is available for suitable projects and Tipperary Energy Agency is ready to assist you in applying successfully for it. Tipperary Energy Agency will be assisting suitable

The two Irish contestants to go forward to the finale of the Ace Awards in autumn 2014 were announced at the Local Authority Members Association (LAMA) Community & Council Awards 2014 on Saturday, 25 January 2014.   The ‘Best Energy-Smart Initiative by a Local Authority’ category, sponsored by Codema, Dublin’s Energy Agency, was won by Coxes

The weekend of November 8 – 10, 2013 will see dozens of homes and buildings open their doors to the public for the Near Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) Open Doors Ireland Event. Visitors will have the opportunity to meet home owners of low energy buildings all over the country and see their finished projects firsthand.

Tender Documents are available for the Design, Supply, Installation, Commission and Maintenance of a 20kW auto-generation wind turbine at Carna Cill Chiarain Water Treatment Plant, Co. Galway. Closing date for submissions is 12-noon, Monday 9th September 2013. For more information please see e-tenders.gov.ie or contact Alex Hamilton at ahamilton@tea.ie

The TEA as Partners in the Biomass Supply Chain Project have produced very clear and useful guidance documents for any person or business that is serious about utilising wood energy or becoming involved in this highly sustainable sector. Specifiers Guide (Very useful for clients, architects and engineers who should consider biomass) (8MB) Biomass Heating Standards (Ensuring quality

The Bioenergy System Planners Handbook, (BISYPLAN) is now available online at http://bisyplan.bioenarea.eu/ . Click here for for more information on BISYPLAN and what is in the handbook and how it can help you.  

Our Colleagues in the City of Dublin Energy Management Agency (CODEMA)  & Dublin City Council are holding a competition as part of the ACE project. Calling all designers, planners, ICT professionals, creative thinkers and visual communicators – the Imagine Energy competition is now open for entries!  This is an open ideas competition to develop and install

Michael McGovern, a Spanish author has released a article identifying that net cost of electricity produced from European wind is up to 50% lower than that produced from other means such as oil and gas.   The study quoted in the article was conducted by Ernst & Young. Click here for the full article.