Energy Co-operatives Ireland as Associate Partners to the GenComm 9.3 Million Euro Intereg funded Hydrogen research project attended the first Workshop on the 14/15th of December 2017 in Saarland, Germany. The aim of the project is to develop three locations...
Energy Co-operatives Ireland (ECI) is pleased to announce details of a clever concept in positive collaboration between organised local communities in Ireland, and energy suppliers. Best described as a “progressive shared ownership equity model”, local groups...
Communities call on Government to support Community Owned Renewable Energy Monday, 7th December 2015. Imagine a community putting its hands up and deciding to build a wind farm. Imagine all the schools in a town running on clean free solar electricity. Imagine your...
21st October 2015: 12 Newmarket, Dublin 8. As part of Convergence Festival, there will be a one-day seminar in Dublin on 21st October 2015 to discuss the benefits of community-owned renewable energy. The seminar will be addressed by Brendan Halligan, former...
Minister Alex White, TD, praising the renewable energy co-op on the Aran Islands described how there is a case to be made that the Islands could serve as an example of how the country as a whole could benefit from the transition to low carbon economy. Visiting the...
International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) Launches New Tool to Help Develop Renewable Energy Projects Project Navigator provides easy, systematic framework to create successful, bankable projects "This new tool makes it easier for project developers to initiate,...
Energy Co-op Ireland's work to get community initiatives put to the top of the agenda of the new energy policy consultation process continues. As part of its work demonstrating the value of local energy co-operatives in achieving a successful national...
There now seems to be a considerable shift in attitudes at the DCENR towards community involvement in the Renewable Energy (RE) sector. This may be leading towards increased activity in the ground. Comharchumann Fuinneamh Oileáin Árainn moves ahead with €1.5m in...
The installation of 800 PV panels on nine public buildings throughout in the County including fire stations, libraries, civic offices and a leisure centre has raised the total PV output in the Republic by some 44%. The conventional wisdom on RE's in Ireland...
Comharchumann Fuinneamh Oileáin Árainn now offers tours on the islands to demonstrate the progress they have made towards carbon neutrality by 2020. The tours which, led by Co-op chairperson Dara Ó Maoildhia (right of picture) take in the extensive energy...