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Ørsted to sell European onshore business for €1.4bn

Ørsted, which has multiple wind and solar farm projects in Ireland, will sell its European onshore business to Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners for €1.4bn.

NEWS 2 February 2026

Ørsted to sell European onshore business for €1.4bn

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2026 to be record-breaking year for new wind farms

2026 to be record-breaking year for new wind farms

RENEWABLES 21 January 2026

Farmer writes: to sell or not to sell?

Farmer writes: to sell or not to sell?

NEWS 17 December 2025

Orange weather warning for 11 counties

Orange weather warning for 11 counties

Orange weather warning for 11 counties

NEWS 8 December 2025

Galway says no to eight wind turbines

Galway says no to eight wind turbines

Galway says no to eight wind turbines

NEWS 3 December 2025

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Listen: Making use of Northern Ireland’s geological gift

Listen: Making use of Northern Ireland’s geological gift

The Permian salt formation roughly 1,500 m below the Larne Lough, could enable storage of up to 500 million m³ of renewable gas, writes Stephen Robb .

PODCAST 5 November 2025

Electricity generation tussles between gas and wind in October

Electricity generation tussles between gas and wind in October

While October was the third-best month on record for wind, providing 36% of the country’s electricity, gas still dominated at 39%.

RENEWABLES 5 November 2025

East coast issued with orange rainfall warning from Friday afternoon

East coast issued with orange rainfall warning from Friday afternoon

Met Éireann has warned of significant flooding and hazardous travelling conditions for Dublin, Wexford and Wicklow.

NEWS 5 November 2025

Significant rainfall forecast for three counties

Significant rainfall forecast for three counties

Met Éireann has issued a number of rainfall warnings for Friday into Saturday morning.

NEWS 5 November 2025

Solar farms provide 2% of October’s electricity requirements

Solar farms provide 2% of October’s electricity requirements

Grid-scale solar projects provided 2% of October’s total electricity requirements, a 100% increase from 1% in October 2024.

NEWS 5 November 2025

Prevention rather than cure for storm damage

Prevention rather than cure for storm damage

Martin Merrick discusses what are they key areas within the farm yard that farmers need to focus on ahead of any winter storms.

WINTER INDOOR MANAGEMENT 5 November 2025

Renewables in-brief: planning Groundhog Day and €450 energy credit

Renewables in-brief: planning Groundhog Day and €450 energy credit

The weeks renewables in-brief takes a look at high energy prices, planning ground hog day, new batteries for Kerry and calls energy credit.

RENEWABLES 5 November 2025

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Why this Antrim contractor moved to Amazone ploughs

Ryan Bole is part of J Wilson Contracts in Co Antrim. Available for all kinds of work from slurry to reseeding, sowing to silage, today they are ploughing for potatoes with two Amazone ploughs.

Why this Antrim contractor moved to Amazone ploughs

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