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Amazon agrees 36MW Shetland wind power deal with Statkraft

Author: Archie Villaflores

Amazon has signed a 36MW power purchase agreement with Statkraft for the Mossy Hill wind farm near Lerwick in the Shetland Islands. The long-term contract shows how corporate buyers give developers the revenue certainty to bring new UK wind capacity to construction.

Gas Networks Ireland completes €32m biomethane grid injection hub in Cork

Author: Archie Villaflores

Gas Networks Ireland has opened its €32 million Central Grid Injection facility in Mitchelstown, County Cork, for biomethane producers located too far from the pipeline network. The site can inject up to 700GWh of renewable gas a year from farm and food waste.

WEEE Ireland commits €200,000 to circular economy projects

Author: Archie Villaflores

WEEE Ireland has committed €200,000 to a new Future Fund backing repair, reuse and remanufacturing projects by electrical and battery producers. The fund shows Ireland’s producer responsibility system moving beyond recycling towards keeping products in use for longer.

Pembr signs Irish wind farm power deal for Dublin workspaces

Author: Archie Villaflores

Pembr has signed a 24-month corporate power purchase agreement with Pinergy to supply its 30 Dublin properties with electricity from Largan Hill Wind Farm in County Roscommon. The deal lets tenant companies report verified Scope 2 green electricity without managing their own utility contracts.

Astellas Dublin claims two awards at the Green Awards 2026

Author: Archie Villaflores

Looking back at the Green Awards 2026, Astellas Dublin took home both the Sustainable Energy Achievement Award and the Sustainability Team of the Year, recognised for a sustainability programme spanning renewables investment, F-Gas elimination, decarbonisation, and green lab initiatives that surpassed its own targets and set a blueprint for Astellas operations across Asia, Europe, and the USA. The double recognition raises the bar for energy leadership and team-driven sustainability in Ireland's life sciences sector, setting the standard of technical ambition, measurable impact, and cross-functional delivery that entrants will look to match now that the 2027 awards cycle is already accepting entries.

Pure Data Centres Group wins double honours at the Green Awards UK 2026

Author: Archie Villaflores

Pure Data Centres Group swept both the Green ICT, Media & Telecommunications award and the Green Business of the Year at the recently concluded Green Awards UK 2026, recognised for a sustainability programme spanning a 110MW microgrid, low water design, biochar integration, and carbon removal initiatives.

EPA’s Provisional GHG Emissions 2025 Confirms Ireland’s Fourth Consecutive Annual Reduction and a Carbon Budget Met for the First Time

Author: Archie Villaflores

The EPA’s Provisional Greenhouse Gas Emissions 1990–2025 confirms Ireland’s emissions decreased by 2.2 per cent (1.2 Mt CO₂eq) in 2025. Ireland provisionally remained within its first legally binding carbon budget, coming in 1.1 Mt CO₂eq under the cumulative cap.

SKF names HAYLEY DEXIS as first UK sustainability partner

Author: Archie Villaflores

SKF (UK) has named HAYLEY DEXIS UK as its first Sustainability Partner for the UK, to help industrial customers cut waste and energy use. The programme reflects sustainability becoming a deciding factor in how industrial buyers choose technical suppliers.

Flogas partners with Cork farmer on 650kW solar PPA

Author: Archie Villaflores

Flogas has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with Meadhill Solar Farm, a 650kW farmer-developed solar project in Kildorrery, County Cork. The long-term offtake gives small rural projects a template for securing the financing they need to operate.

NEG8 Carbon joins Google-backed hub to bring carbon capture to data centres

Author: Archie Villaflores

Waterford-based NEG8 Carbon has been selected for the Net Zero Innovation Hub for Data Centres, backed by Google, Microsoft and Schneider Electric. The programme gives its direct air capture technology a route to hyperscale operators facing pressure over waste heat and water use.

Discover What's Happening

Green Awards UK 2026

Green Awards UK 2026

September 25th, 2026

Park Plaza London Riverbank

Green Transformation Awards 2026

Green Transformation Awards 2026

November 6th, 2026

Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire

Green Awards 2027

Green Awards 2027

February 23rd, 2027

Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road

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