Issue 65
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Energy & Environment
An asset management-centric approach and how it contributes to investment
The asset base within water utilities is vast and ageing, with most of the infrastructure being underground, whilst also being…
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Energy & Environment
Meeting Water Framework Directive requirements
Amid legal challenges at EU level, as well as the publication of the third River Basin Management Plan (the Water…
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Energy & Environment
Can Ireland balance agricultural growth and the environment?
Amid the challenge of diminished water quality and the debate around the responsibility of farmers to help in its correction,…
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Energy & Environment
Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue TD: An agri-led and farmer centric sustainable biomethane industry
The Government has set ambitious targets for sectoral emissions reductions, and I have recognised that central to success is the…
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Energy & Environment
Gas Networks Ireland outlines pathway to a net zero carbon network
Gas Networks Ireland has embarked on an ambitious journey to fully decarbonise Ireland’s gas network by 2045. This transformation will…
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Energy & Environment
Biomethane: A sustainable industry of scale
The publication of Ireland’s first major policy statement on biomethane marks an important milestone in an overarching ambition to develop…
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Energy & Environment
Challenges and opportunities for green hydrogen in a future energy system
To meet our climate targets, the global economy must reach net zero emissions by 2050. While it is anticipated that…
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Energy & Environment
Unlocking the potential of long-term energy storage The Kestrel Project, collectively developed by ESB, dCarbonX and Bord Gáis Energy
It is essential to transform Ireland’s energy system to achieve its goal of a climate-neutral economy by 2050 whilst also…
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Energy & Environment
Reducing demand key to Government’s vision for gas security
As an enabler of the publication of Energy Security in Ireland to 2030, in November 2023 the Government released a…
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Energy & Environment
Biomethane critical to high-heat decarbonisation
Following the publication of the National Biomethane Strategy, Barry Quinlan – whose remit as Assistant Secretary at the Department of…
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