Cork Harbour is being proposed as a support hub for the anticipated rise in Irish-based exploration and production activity.

The first electric taxi is set to hit the streets of Cork today. And the driver behind the wheel of the near-silent e-taxi reckons he will save up to €7,200 a year on fuel costs.

BMW Group Ireland is continuing to support the Drive4Zero campaign to double the number of plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) on Irish roads within 12 months.

More than 80 jobs are to be created in Cork’s marine energy sector by three companies, it was announced at a major maritime conference yesterday.

There’s a crane right on the doorstep of the country’s Maritime College: it’s a sign of upward trajectories for Cork harbour, at the site of UCC’s new Beaufort Research Centre, as it prepares to host a conference Friday week on the harbour’s future.

A focused drive to double the number of plug-in electric vehicles (EVs) on Irish roads within 12 months has been launched in Cork City.

The increasing popularity of electric cars is set to have a major effect on transportation in Ireland, according to the Evening Echo.

Cork is set to become the electric car capital of Ireland under an ambitious pilot project due to be announced today.

Cork is bidding to be named European Green Capital 2017.

If the vital upgrade to the national grid is not carried out the whole country will face blackouts, according to Gridlink project manager John Lowry.

Cork is set to lead a national drive towards greater transport energy efficiency over the next decade.

Energy infrastructure is approaching a tipping point, with a lack of trust in State institutions resulting in communities hindering the development of national infrastructure, it has been claimed.

Energy Cork has become the country’s largest energy cluster just 12 months after it was founded, with more than 50 companies now participating.

Cork is poised to lead a transport energy revolution, one of the country’s leading energy bosses has predicted.

Cork supplies 25% of Ireland’s energy needs but uses 13%, writes Kieran Lettice

Close to 25% of Ireland’s energy requirements are provided from a single square mile in East Cork.

Ireland needs to invest €22.8bn between now and 2020 if it is to fulfil its legal obligations under EU directives on the environment and energy efficiency targets, it emerged at the launch of Energy Cork.

Cork is seeking to capitalise on its energy resources, both conventional and renewable, through the establishment of Energy Cork.