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AGS Airports unveils Horizons strategy as Glasgow solar farm starts generating

Author: Archie Villaflores

AGS Airports has unveiled its Horizons sustainability strategy as a 10MW solar farm at Glasgow Airport begins generating around 25% of the airport’s onsite demand. The fully funded model gives airports a route to onsite renewables without upfront capital.

NetZero Group targets 2,000 staff as home decarbonisation demand grows

Author: Archie Villaflores

NetZero Group plans to double its workforce to more than 2,000 and its annual revenue to €400 million by the end of the decade. The Waterland-backed platform is betting that Irish homeowners are moving beyond boiler replacement towards lower-carbon heating and energy upgrades.

L&G and NTR fund reaches €330m first close with Irish solar project

Author: Archie Villaflores

L&G and NTR have secured €330 million of commitments for the first close of their L&G NTR Clean Power Transition IV Fund, with four returning investors. The fund’s first three acquisitions include a 138MWp solar and storage project in County Kildare.

Elgin adds 40MWp Kilderry solar project to Irish pipeline

Author: Archie Villaflores

UK-based Elgin has acquired the 40MWp Kilderry Solar Farm project in County Kilkenny from German developer BayWa r.e. The purchase clusters a new project beside Elgin’s existing Irish development assets to improve overall project economics.

IFF Plastics wins Green Business of the Year at the Green Awards 2026

Author: Archie Villaflores

In a throwback to the Green Awards 2026, IFF Plastics took home the Green Business of the Year award, recognised for a closed-loop recycling model that transforms single-use farm and ocean plastics into fully recyclable products, recycling over 1,000 tonnes annually and delivering major carbon savings through circular economy practices and continued investment in sustainable manufacturing. The win sets a compelling benchmark for green business leadership in Ireland, demonstrating the standard of operational excellence, circular economy innovation, and measurable environmental impact that entrants will look to match now that the 2027 awards cycle is already accepting entries.

Rebecca Egan of Siemens Energy named Green Leader at the Green Awards UK 2026

Author: Archie Villaflores

Rebecca Egan of Siemens Energy was named Green Leader at the Green Awards UK 2026. She was recognised for a significant contribution to tackling climate change and advancing environmental progress across the United Kingdom through purposeful, systems-level sustainability leadership.

EPA’s GAPS Report Confirms Ireland’s €20 Billion Public Procurement Spend Is the Most Stable Green Demand Signal in the Irish Market

Author: Archie Villaflores

EPA Research 508 or the GAPS report is Ireland’s most comprehensive assessment of Green Public Procurement policy and practice for the Irish public sector. It identifies barriers to GPP uptake, delivers a scalable procurement toolkit piloted at University of Galway, and maps the commercial opportunity within Ireland’s €20 billion annual public procurement spend.

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.

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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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