The energy infrastructure project, connecting the Irish electricity grid and Great Britain advanced significantly today as…

Pat O’Doherty, previously the director of the ESB international operations has been appointed as the new chief executive of the ESB.
The chief executive salary of …

The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) has today published the results of its Smart Metering
trials for natural gas customers in Ireland. This follows the roll-out of circa 2,000 gas Smart Meters
for trials in Irish homes and small businesses, with the test period concluding…

According to the Irish Independent today, there are more than 400,000 households out of 1.7 million struggling with their energy bills in Ireland.
There is now a huge push to install “pay as you go” meters into the homes of those who are most affected. The ESB expect to have the capacity to install 200 of these meters per month by next year.
Around 240,000 householders have had to agree on payment plans with the ESB to tackle debt. The semi-state company said that around 108,000 of these customers were …

The EU has adopted new stringent rules on wholesale energy trading. The main objective is to prevent use of…

Cork city council has switched its gas supplier to Energia who will now provide the gas requirements for the…

Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte T.D, has launched Better Energy – The National Upgrade Programme which will…

The national representative body for Irish wave and tidal energy interests, the MRIA (Marine Renewables Industry Association) has today expressed its disappointment that Scotland’s astute political management, ambition and sheer hunger for jobs has seen them emerge as the clear winners of the first round in the battle to dominate the emerging global wave energy industry.  The statement from MRIA was prompted by recent announcements of some 50MW of wave projects in Scotland thought to be worth more than €250m of investment.
In recent days Aegir Wave …

According to ESB Electric Ireland, customers in arrears who are genuinely working to manage their accounts, can now avail of the recently announced electricity price reductions.
Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte said “I welcome the ESB’s response to my request to pay particular attention to the needs of customers with genuine payment problems who want to avail of the price cuts. In addition to including customers with Token Meters, ESB Electric Ireland has extended their Household Budget Price Plan to include customers who are in arrears but …

On Thursday 14th of April Eirgrid announced that its Grid25 strategy for upgrading Ireland’s electricity transmission system can be delivered…