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Turkey to Connect With the European Grid International Investment Fund Acquires Irish Wind Farm Transformation of M50 Motorway Completed Within Budget and Ahead of Schedule
 
Turkey to Connect With the European Grid

Turkey to Connect With the European Grid

Turkey will connect to the European electrical grid this September using GE’s smart grid technology. The connection will allow for expanded energy and economic opportunities. The Turkish Electricity Transmission Company (TEIAS) will now be able to buy and sell power in the European electricity market and the connection will strengthen the reliability and availability of [...]

International Investment Fund Acquires Irish Wind Farm

International Investment Fund Acquires Irish Wind Farm

The fund managed by BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners has acquired 100% of Gortahile Windfarm, which owns and operates a 20 megawatt wind farm in County Laois, from ABO Wind Ireland. The Gortahile Windfarm began commercial operation at the end of August 2010. It is forecast to produce about 70 GWh of electricity per year, [...]

Transformation of M50 Motorway Completed Within Budget and Ahead of Schedule

Transformation of M50 Motorway Completed Within Budget and Ahead of Schedule

The Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, TD, will today (September 1st) open the completed 32km M50 Upgrade Scheme that has transformed the M50 from a two-lane heavily congested road with toll barriers and signaled interchanges into a modern free-flowing motorway that has reduced journey times by up to 50%. The upgraded M50 has resulted in [...]

Kedco to Develop €45 Million Waste-to-energy Plant in London

Kedco to Develop €45 Million Waste-to-energy Plant in London

02 September 2010

Cork-based bio-science energy company Kedco has been given clearance to commence construction of a €45 million waste-to-energy plant at Enfield in North London. Having recently received clearance from Enfield Council, Kedco is due to commence the 18 months construction project shortly. When completed, the new facility will convert 60,000 tonnes of waste wood a year [...]

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Recycling & Waste Management Exhibition Features Over 40 Free Seminars

Recycling & Waste Management Exhibition Features Over 40 Free Seminars

02 September 2010

Whether you are looking for a waste-to-energy solution or want to find out what grants and funding might be available, the Recycling and Waste Management Exhibition (RWM 10) taking place at the NEC, Birmingham from 14 to 16 September can help you to turn waste problems into resource opportunities. Bigger than ever before, RWM 10 [...]

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Intelligent Pump Cleaning Cuts Maintenance at Skerries Pumping Station

01 September 2010

The installation of an AC drive with an advanced software tool has dramatically cut call-outs for blockages at an Irish County Council pumping station. Control Techniques’ IPC Lite software has been fitted to a replacement Commander SK AC drive at a pumping station at Kelly’s Bay, Skerries in North County Dublin, and has cut callouts [...]

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Environmental EngineeringFortran Compiler Released – NAG Fortran Builder 5.2

30 August 2010

Environmental engineers performing particle dispersion studies and other high performance environmental engineering research who need speed, accuracy and portability for their Fortran code can now obtain the newest release of what is widely regarded as one of the best checking compilers – Fortran Builder 5.2 (www.nag.com/market/np/fortranbuilder) from the Numerical Algorithms Group (NAG). This release features [...]

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Cork County Council Sells Waste Collection Business to Country Clean Recycling

Cork County Council Sells Waste Collection Business to Country Clean Recycling

30 August 2010

Cork County Council has sold its waste collection business to Country Clean Recycling, following a competitive process involving a number of waste management companies operating in the private sector. Falling customer numbers, coupled with rising costs associated with a new EU Landfill Directive on the pre-treatment of waste, and the introduction of a VAT charge [...]

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€2 Million Construction Project to Bring Natural Gas to Cahir

27 August 2010

Bord Gais Networks has unveiled plans for the construction project to bring natural gas to Cahir in County Tipperary. Work has already commenced on the Eur2 million construction programme which is expected to deliver natural gas to Cahir by early 2011. Cahir will be served from the existing Rochestown AGI (Above Ground Installation) off the [...]

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‘Vaquita – Last Chance for the Desert Porpoise’

26 August 2010

EarthOCEAN, a media company that uses cutting-edge new media technologies to communicate science, environmental and wildlife topics in ways that inspire and inform, has debuted a ground-breaking documentary film that investigates the imperiled status of the world’s rarest porpoise. The film entitled, ‘Vaquita – Last Chance for the Desert Porpoise’, is available online at www.vaquita.tv. [...]

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New Biogas Analyser Offers More for Less

26 August 2010

A new static gas analyser for anaerobic digestion (AD) biogas, and landfill gas monitoring has been designed to suits tight-budgets. The new GA3000 uses Geotech’s robust, field-proven technology to bring low-cost to automated fixed-position monitoring of methane-rich biogas. Easily operator installed, user field-calibrated and zeroed, the compact, self-contained, single-cabinet GA3000 has gas conditioning as standard. [...]

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Giant tidal turbine successfully installed on the seabed at the EMEC facility

24 August 2010

Atlantis Resources Corporation has successfully deployed its AK1000™ tidal turbine – the world’s largest and most powerful tidal turbine – on its subsea berth, in 35 meters of water at the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney, Scotland. The installation follows the turbine unveiling ceremony, held in Invergordon on August 12th  and attended by officials [...]

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Blast furnace rebuild strengthens future of steelmaking in Wales

24 August 2010

Corus is to invest £185 million into the No 4 Blast Furnace at Port Talbot steelworks. The investment will make a significant contribution to the sustainability of the steel industry in Wales.  The furnace is to undergo a rebuild, starting in July 2012, which will equip it with technology to improve its safety, environmental performance [...]

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