For would-be business owners in Cork and beyond, even a cursory look at the finalists in EY’s Entrepreneur of the Year Ireland Awards over the years would be a worthwhile exercise in self-motivation.

In the third of a four-part series looking at finalists for the Cork Company of the Year Awards 2019, Padraig Hoare casts an eye over those in the Large category.

Rose Martin look at a new scheme that allows commercial suppliers of clean electricity to sell to the grid.

Planning has been granted for two new solar farms in Cork, writes Pádraig Hoare of the Irish Examiner.

A €200m project is to create 23 solar farms in the south and south east of the country, leading to 2,000 jobs during construction and 60 full-time positions on completion.

A €6.5m solar farm, part of an independent power company’s plans for 11 such projects in Co Cork, has been refused planning permission.

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Just 10% of the funding earmarked to help business transition to renewable energy has been invested in the last 12 months.

Amarenco, the solar energy business led by former Bord Gáis head John Mullins, has found a multi-million euro backer to help it deliver the country’s first solar farms with the inaugural project earmarked for Cork.

A solar energy project fronted by former Bord Gáis chief executive John Mullins could create up to 750 construction jobs across the south of the country.