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High-profile dairy exits a warning sign
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With the Brownes in Killeagh replacing paddocks with solar panels, and the McGraths in Wicklow planning to switch to anaerobic digestion in Wicklow, is a double blow to the dairy sector.
19 March 2025 News
Solar move for one of Ireland’s largest dairy farms confirmed
The Cork-based Browne family said they will now “rethink” the future of their farm with a view to leading the way in sustainability.
12 March 2025 Viewpoints
Dempsey at Large: Regulation must ensure technologies succeed
A price has been paid and the reputation and prospects of a technology with real promise has been damaged.
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Cork solar farm to go to planning
The Danish-based renewable energy firm Ørsted maintained that plans for the solar farm at Killeagh are on track.
5 March 2025 News
Concerns over solar farm awareness
"I am concerned that local communities are only made aware of these solar farms after negotiations with farmers and planning processes are already underway." - Denise Moran, Longford
12 February 2025 Letters
Roadstone plans to build large AD plant in Tipperary
The proposed development, however, has been met with concern from the local community.
22 January 2025 News
Solar industry sets out demands
As the new government prepares to take office, the industry body representing the large-scale solar sector has called for reforms of how solar is roll out.
23 December 2024 Renewables
More than 14,000ac of solar farms applied for in 2024
Across the country, developers and businesses applied for over 14,000ac worth of large-scale solar farms and small ground-mounted solar systems as the mass rollout of solar continues.
23 December 2024 News
Editorial: choosing solar or food?
We know there are people starving in the world that would love the riches under our feet and yet we are knowingly long-term decommissioning land.
23 December 2024 Viewpoints
Calls for frameworks around agri voltaics
The Irish Solar Energy Association has called for the incoming government to create a new framework to support agri voltaics - the practice of combining agriculture with renewable energy.
23 December 2024 Renewables
Bright future for niche Kildare firm exporting 90% of its kit
In the past decade, Kildare firm Denis Doyle Ltd has become a household name in the solar industry in America, producing high end self-propelled pile drivers. Peter Thomas Keaveney reports.
18 December 2024 Farm machinery
Can bogs solve Ireland’s solar woes?
With several large-scale solar farms planned for Ireland's boglands, Stephen Robb asks whether bogs could be the solution to the solar vs. agriculture land debate.
11 December 2024 Renewables