Potential hydrogen plant at Shannon Airport to be explored
*Photograph: Joe Buckley SCOPING A POTENTIAL green hydrogen plant in Shannon is to be explored as part of a new project which is among the first of its kind in the country.
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ESB to announce replacement for Equinor at Moneypoint in ‘near future’ says Minister Ryan
PHASE ONE of ESB’s plans to turn Moneypoint into a renewable energy hub has received the thumbs up from the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan (GP) who also announced that a replacement for Equnior is to be unveiled in the near future.
Electricity generation from coal at Moneypoint up this year
AN INCREASE OF EIGHT PERCENT in the amount of electricity generated by coal so far this year at Moneypoint has been recorded.
‘We’re not treating environmental crisis as the emergency it is’ – Colleran Molloy
*Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne and Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy. Photograph: Eamon Ward. MAYOR of the Ennis Municipal District, Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy (FF) believes those in the political sphere are “not treating the environmental crisis as the emergency which it really is”.
Shell withdrawal from Irish windshore projects leaves Kilkee floating wind farm in choppy water
*Gordon Shearer of Shell, and Val Cummins and Hugh Kelly of Simply Blue Group pictured at Loop Head lighthouse last November. Photograph: Diane Cusack PLANS FOR A 1.35GW floating wind farm off the coast of Clare have been plunged into jeopardy with the decision of one of the partners to leave the Irish market.
‘Offshore wind energy is Clare’s biggest economic prospect’ – billions on offer per annum
POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT of offshore energy in West Clare is the biggest economic prospect for the county.
Moneypoint part of our ‘untapped potential’ – Minister Ryan
MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, Eamon Ryan (GP) has pinpointed Moneypoint as a vital component in Ireland reducing its energy emissions.
Troy family give back to Regina House & Milford Care Centre in Michael’s memory
*James, Geraldine & Derek Troy outside Regina House. HAVING RAISED OVER €12,000 for Regina House and Milford Care Centre with a fundraiser, a South-West Clare family are considering making the ‘Pier to Pier’ an annual event.
Dowling ‘very surprised’ to be rebuffed in application to sit on Shannon Estuary Taskforce
*Pat Dowling. Photograph: Gary Collins CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF CLARE COUNTY COUNCIL, Pat Dowling was rebuffed in his application to become a member of the Shannon Estuary Taskforce.
Three Clare based representatives included on Shannon Estuary Taskforce
MEMBERSHIP of the Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce includes ten individuals, three of which are based in Co Clare.
