The Irish government has approved a new policy statement on electricity interconnections which will see Ireland explore new interconnection opportunities with Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands, as well as further connections to Great Britain and France. The National Policy Statement on Electricity
Ireland-based XOCEAN has opened a new technical center that will serve as a hub for the company’s fleet of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs). XOCEAN announced on 20 July the opening of the new facility near Carlingford, Co. Louth, as well as the creation of 300 new jobs as part of its strategic growth
UK-headquartered International Projects Group (IPG), part of the RSK Group, has been appointed to support Nexans Norway with work for the Celtic Interconnector that will link Ireland and France. IPG will create a marine construction environmental management plan and provide construction environmenta
ESB and Ørsted have signed an agreement to jointly develop a portfolio of up to 5 GW of offshore wind and complementary green hydrogen projects in Ireland, with the first of these offshore wind projects expected to compete in the next Irish auction, ORESS 2.1. The agreement also marks Ørsted’s entry
The Irish Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications and the German Federal Research Ministry have signed a Joint Declaration of Intent (JDoI) on cooperation in the field of green hydrogen. The Irish Department said that realising the full potential of offshore renewable energy resour
The Selkie project, a €5.2 million EU-backed cross-border project focused on boosting the marine energy industry in Wales and Ireland, has been concluded following four years of operation. Selkie is a consortium of University College Cork (UCC) and Swansea University (SU) and GDG, DP Energy Ireland,
Hydrogen Mobility Ireland (HMI), a group of Irish stakeholders looking to develop the use of hydrogen for transport in Ireland, has issued a report on how the development of a hydrogen ecosystem can facilitate the production of sustainable e-fuels for use in aviation and shipping transport. In the r
UK biofuel supplier Green Biofuels (GBF) has teamed up with GAC Ireland, a provider of ship agency services at all major Irish ports, to complete the first lifting of renewable drop in diesel fuel (GD+) from GBF’s Cork Terminal, also known as Ireland’s first clean fuels terminal. The first 39,000-li
XFuel, a sustainable drop-in fuels producer, has engaged DORIS, an engineering, advisory, and project management services company, to provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) support for its modular energy conversion facilities. DORIS said it will support XFuel’s in-house engineering team to
SuperNode, an Irish developer of energy transmission technology based on superconductivity, and the European Laboratory for Particle Physics CERN are collaborating to develop a novel type of insulation for superconducting cables in an effort to improve energy transmission and accelerate the transiti
Irish transmission system operator (TSO) EirGrid has launched a tender comprising five lots that seeks offshore marine support services for interconnector projects. EirGrid is looking for a strategic partner to provide a range of specialized offshore services, resources and consultancy advice, studi
DEME Group’s subsidiary G-tec has signed a multi-year charter agreement with Irish Mainport Holdings for its DP2 survey vessel Mainport Geo, following growing demand from the offshore wind industry. G-tec said that the new vessel will enable it to further enhance its site investigation techniques. T
