NTR has sold a second solar energy asset in California in almost as many weeks, as part of a continued bid to strengthen its cash reserves.

The tail end of one of Australia’s largest cyclones triggered wild storms and flash flooding at the other end of the country, while residents at the epicentre picked through what was left of their homes.

Authorities told towns people in Australia’s south east to flee homes with three days of supplies today as a surging river threatened another community in the flooding crisis that has devastated the country’s mining industry.

A SUBSIDIARY of Irish renewable energy group NTR has achieved a major breakthrough in becoming the first company to gain national approval in the US for a full commercial-scale solar power project.

UP to one-in-five students may still be doing part-time work up to Leaving Certificate, a survey has suggested.

NTR could consider the possibility of publicly floating some of its subsidiary businesses over the long-term, in a bid to raise further funds.

NTR’s transformation into a green energy company took a major step forward yesterday when its solar project development company, Tessera Solar North America, announced a 20-year power purchase agreement with CPS Energy to develop a 27 megawatt solar project in Texas.

NTR has announced that BP’s former US Wind Energy president will join its solar US development business, Stirling Energy Systems (SES), as chief executive for North American Project Development.

NTR, the former West Link operator, has invested €63 million in a strategic solar energy project in the US.

UP to one-third of Leaving Certificate students in some areas of the country have part-time jobs, with girls twice as likely as boys to sacrifice study for an income, a survey has revealed.

Parts of Sydney and surrounding areas have been declared natural disaster areas after suffering extensive damage in a wind storm.