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2 months ago | 
pinsentmasons.com | Garrett Monaghan |Alasdair Weir |Aleesha Way |Alexis Coleman
Catherine Burns, construction specialist, and Garrett Monaghan, energy and infrastructure expert, of Pinsent Masons were commenting following the release of the document. The draft, titled Securing Ireland’s Future (162 pages/1.1MB), was published on 15 January following talks between two political parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, which have now entered into a coalition agreement.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Garrett Monaghan |Aleesha Way |Alexis Coleman |Arwyn Jones
Data centres are large energy users (LEUs) housing servers which store vast amounts of data and must run continuously to ensure the availability and reliability of services like cloud computing, streaming and social media. To prevent overheating and maintain optimal performance, data centres use extensive cooling systems, which can accrue a lot of energy consumption.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Garrett Monaghan |Maureen Daly |Alison Rankine
Given Ireland’s very considerable, and growing, renewables and tech sectors, Ireland has a unique perspective in this new and critically important intersection between AI and ESG. As AI and ESG continue to impact businesses in Ireland, it is essential that board members and executives understand the implications and business potential of both.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Garrett Monaghan |Richard Murphy |Alastair Dale |Aleesha Way
The proposed changes are set out in the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill, which is currently at the third stage before Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish Parliament. To achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, Ireland must significantly expand its renewable energy sources, with a focus on offshore wind power. Numerous companies are planning to establish wind farms along Ireland’s coastline.
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Sep 2, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Garrett Monaghan |Alastair Dale |Aleesha Way |Alexis Coleman
The policy will drive action by government and regulators – including the priority procurement of approximately 500MW of ‘long duration’ systems for the transmission grid and approximately 500MW demand flexibility solutions for the distribution grid – and sends a signal to developers and funders that Ireland will be a business-friendly growth market for electricity storage.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Garrett Monaghan
On 23 June, Peter Burke, Ireland’s minister for enterprise, trade and employment, announced a €300 million fund aimed at reducing industrial emissions in Ireland. This funding will be administered by Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland to support companies in their efforts to decrease emissions by 2030 through the environmental aid scheme.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Garrett Monaghan |Adam Cain |Aleesha Way |Alexis Coleman
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Garrett Monaghan |Adam Cain |Alexis Coleman
The Irish government’s Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) published the National Biomethane Strategy (51 pages / 676 KB) – a series of measures designed to underpin its ambition of producing 5.76TWh of biomethane in Ireland by 2030, and production of up to 1TWh of biomethane by 2025. Biogas is typically produced through the anaerobic digestion (AD) of biological feedstocks.
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May 31, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Garrett Monaghan |Adam Cain |Alexis Coleman
The Irish government has launched the second stage of the small-scale renewable electricity support scheme (SRESS) in a bid to continue providing a route to market for businesses and non-domestic renewables self-consumers. The new phase follows the first stage of SRESS which launched in July 2023. Phase one is limited to renewable self-consumers above 50kW and up to 1 megawatt (MW) and consists of capital grants for solar installations only.
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May 3, 2024 | 
pinsentmasons.com | Garrett Monaghan |Adam Cain |Alastair Dale |Aleesha Way
Seven bidders across four European countries have emerged as winners through a competitive bidding process and will be awarded a total of €720 million under the European Hydrogen Bank initiative. Collectively, these projects are expected to produce 1.58 million tonnes of renewable hydrogen over ten years, avoiding more than 10 million tonnes of CO2 emissions.
