Cork to host major conference on sustainable energy

MORE than 200 delegates from 24 EU countries are set to attend a major conference in Cork on sustainable energy.

Energie-Cités, an association of European local authorities, is to hold its annual conference at County Hall from April 9-11.

The conference will be jointly opened by Eckart Wurzner, the mayor of the German city of Heidelberg, who is president of Energie-Cités; junior minister at the Department of the Environment, Batt O’Keeffe and Mayor of Co Cork, Cllr Tom Sheahan.