Ireland has been selected as the location for a European funded testing site for offshore 'floating' wind farms, which are seen as a cheaper and more efficient way of generating renewable energy from wind.

A Cork-based firm is set to become Europe’s largest independent developer of tidal power.

A project designed to generate energy from the waves off the west coast of Ireland was awarded almost €20m by the European Commission to scale up its plans.

A project designed to generate energy from the waves off the west coast of Ireland was awarded almost €20m by the European Commission to scale up its plans.

Harland and Wolff shipyard has won a contract to build a new tidal turbine for testing, it was revealed today.