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<p>Can savings be made on energy bills which might cost the average household more than €200, according to estimates? Picture: iStock.</p>

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Donal Hickey: How to save on energy bills over the Christmas period

Solar lights, being nifty with your cooking, and delaying putting on the heating if you're out and about anyway can all help reduce bills

<p>Today, wind energy accounts for nearly 40% of Ireland’s electricity generation, with offshore projects poised to drive future growth.</p>

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Ireland’s renewable revolution: from turbines to transition

<p>Irish company ePower is a specialist in the area of electric vehicle charging and solar panel solutions and CJ O’Neill is their solar surveyor. </p>

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You don't have to wait for summer or a sunny day to install solar panels

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Donal Hickey: Some reasons people opt for solar panels — and what's putting some people off

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Huge rise in use of solar power accounted for half of renewable energy capacity added last year

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Save money by switching your home energy to solar power

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Eamon Ryan: By 2025, Ireland will generate enough solar electricity to power the country

Green leader tells his party Ireland will have 5,000MW of solar power capacity within the term of this Government

Sat, 26 Nov, 2022

Teletubbies, students, and teachers celebrate new bus paid for with anonymous donor help

Teletubbies, students, and teachers celebrate new bus paid for with anonymous donor help

"When you add all that up — it turns into a bus"

Fri, 28 Oct, 2022

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Apple pledges to back new solar and wind projects in Europe

Apple said the European investments are part of a strategy to address about 22% of its carbon footprint coming from the electricity customers use to charge their devices

Tue, 25 Oct, 2022

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Donal Hickey: Warming up to the idea of solar energy

EU policy aspires to all new residences having rooftop panels by 2029. Business and industry are likely to follow. Farmers can also make savings by generating their electricity from the sun

Thu, 20 Oct, 2022

Morning Briefing: Top stories on Friday, September 30

Letters to the Editor: Developments should make use of what’s already there

I would have to agree with Michael Moynihan’s on the proposed Kildare village-like site in Carrigtwohill, (‘Michael Moynihan: Wake up and support our local businesses before they’re decimated’, Irish Examiner, October 6).

Sat, 08 Oct, 2022

Installing solar panels, Renewable energy clean and good environment.

Policy gaps being filled for Irish farmers who want to install solar on idle roofs

Solar PV remains the “most accessible and scalable of renewable energy technologies” for farmers.

Wed, 27 Jul, 2022

Harvesting the Sun

New FG agriculture forum to focus on solar power’s benefits for farmers

Solar energy microgeneration on farms will be the first piece of work for a new agriculture forum set up by Fine Gael.

Mon, 23 May, 2022

Rooftop solar panels could power the planet, according to new UCC study

Rooftop solar panels could power the planet, according to new UCC study

Developing rooftop solar power in rural areas could allow people to be energy “prosumers”, producing and consuming what they need

Wed, 06 Oct, 2021

Irish Examiner view: Positive action on climate change

Irish Examiner view: Positive action on climate change

Ireland's biggest solar energy farm has been opened near Kinsale

Tue, 27 Jul, 2021

Controversial solar farm in north Cork gets go-ahead for second time

Controversial solar farm in north Cork gets go-ahead for second time

The board ordered a buffer zone to be established around a local ring fort in order to prevent damage to the listed monument

Fri, 12 Mar, 2021

Energy firm and ESB hope solar project partnership will power 10% of country's homes

Energy firm and ESB hope solar project partnership will power 10% of country's homes

An Irish-owned renewable energy firm has joined forces with the ESB in a multi-million euro partnership that aims to power 10% of the country's homes.

Mon, 11 May, 2020

Startup has great hopes for a proposed solar power plant in Cork harbour

Startup has great hopes for a proposed solar power plant in Cork harbour

Mayo renewable energy startup Solar MarineEnergy is making plans to build Ireland’s first floating solar energy plant which it proposes to locate in Cork harbour.

Sun, 04 Aug, 2019

Homes with solar panels may benefit from new initiative before Govt

Homes with solar panels may benefit from new initiative before Govt

Homeowners with solar panels could earn up to €400 a year under a new Government initiative.

Sun, 09 Jun, 2019

SuperValu to introduce solar panels to 30 stores in €3m investment

SuperValu to introduce solar panels to 30 stores in €3m investment

SuperValu has announced today that it plans to introduce solar panels to up to 30 of its stores over the next two years as part of a €3m investment.

Sun, 28 Oct, 2018

Two thirds of an acre. That’s how much goes under solar panels globally every second

Two thirds of an acre. That’s how much goes under solar panels globally every second

Most farms, industrial buildings and homes will get 25 to 30% of their energy from solar photovoltaic equipment in the future, said Paul Kenny of the Tipperary Energy Agency, at the recent Energy In Agriculture event at Gurteen College, Roscrea, Co Tipperary.

Thu, 30 Aug, 2018

West Cork villagers urged to protest solar farm

West Cork villagers urged to protest solar farm

West Cork villagers are being urged to lodge their objections to a proposed solar panel farm with a local lobby group which has launched a determined campaign against the initiative.

Wed, 04 Oct, 2017

Solar plan to power 150,000 homes

Solar plan to power 150,000 homes

ESB and Bord na Móna have announced a deal to develop four solar farms across the Midlands to power 150,000 homes.

Fri, 28 Apr, 2017

We need to think now about our solar power revolution

We need to think now about our solar power revolution

Given the lack of regulations governing solar power, Kieran Hartley argues that we need to rethink how we want to use it to meet our energy needs in the future...

Mon, 06 Feb, 2017

Solar energy farmers left in the dark

Solar energy farmers left in the dark

IFA Renewables Project Team Chairman James Murphy says that farmers need solar energy clarity from Government.

Thu, 03 Nov, 2016

IFA warns over contracts for ‘untested’ solar farms

IFA warns over contracts for ‘untested’ solar farms

Despite one of the worst summers on record, the sun could be the new cash-cow for farmers in rural parts of the country.

Wed, 07 Sep, 2016

Solar power to grow sixfold by 2030 as costs continue to fall

Solar power to grow sixfold by 2030 as costs continue to fall

The amount of electricity generated using solar panels stands to expand as much as sixfold by 2030 as the cost of production falls below competing natural gas and coal-fired plants, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency.

Fri, 24 Jun, 2016

Solar-powered plane completes Pacific journey

Solar-powered plane completes Pacific journey

A solar-powered plane has landed in California, completing a risky, three-day flight across the Pacific as part of its journey around the world.

Mon, 25 Apr, 2016

Cork to host country’s largest solar conference run by Energy Cork

Cork to host country’s largest solar conference run by Energy Cork

Industry leaders will gather in Cork in the coming weeks to discuss all aspects of solar power in Ireland at the country’s biggest ever conference of its kind.

Tue, 19 Jan, 2016