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British Business Bank backs UK flow battery maker Certain Energy

Author: Archie Villaflores

British Business Bank has led a £10 million Series A round for Certain Energy, a UK manufacturer of manganese flow batteries for long-duration energy storage. The funding lets the Imperial College spin-off scale toward grid-connected projects as curtailment costs threaten to reach £8 billion a year by 2030.

Climate Impact X and Carbonplace merge to build carbon market infrastructure

Author: Archie Villaflores

Climate Impact X and Carbonplace have agreed to merge, combining a Singapore-based carbon exchange with a London-based settlement platform. The deal creates bank-backed infrastructure aimed at scaling compliance-driven carbon market participation under CORSIA and Article 6.

Dawn Meats cuts Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 77 percent

Author: Archie Villaflores

Dawn Meats has cut Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 77% across its Irish and UK operations, up from 63% a year earlier. The reduction shows how the family-owned processor is turning supply-chain carbon data into a working farm-level decarbonisation model ahead of stricter EU disclosure rules.

Gas Networks Ireland connects Meath biomethane plant to gas grid

Author: Archie Villaflores

Gas Networks Ireland has connected College Group's new €30 million biomethane facility in Nobber, County Meath, to the national gas network. The facility is the second biomethane producer to connect this month, underscoring how Ireland's 5.7TWh 2030 target is now driving investment across the food and agri-waste sector.

GE Healthcare Cork wins Green Healthcare Award at the Green Awards 2026

Author: Archie Villaflores

Looking back at the Green Awards 2026, GE Healthcare Cork took home the Green Healthcare Award, recognised earlier this year for a results-driven sustainability programme that embedded environmental responsibility into daily operations, delivering measurable reductions across key priorities through strong governance, SBTi-approved targets, and a clear pathway to Net Zero by 2050. The win sets a powerful benchmark for sustainability excellence in Ireland's healthcare sector, raising the standard of precision, credibility, and organisation-wide environmental commitment that entrants will look to match now that the 2027 awards cycle has already opened.

Teagasc Road Map Series 2030 Confirms Ireland’s €19 Billion Agri-Food Sector Is Building the World’s Most Credible Sustainable Food Proposition

Author: Archie Villaflores

The Teagasc Road Map Series 2030 provides Ireland’s most comprehensive strategic assessment of the agri-food sector’s sustainability transition and commercial outlook to 2030. With Irish food exports at €19 billion in 2025 and the world’s only national food sustainability programme, the commercial case for leading on sustainable agri-food has never been stronger.

Low Carbon secures second Lincolnshire NSIP consent as new energy secretary clears large-scale solar pipeline

Author: Archie Villaflores

Low Carbon has received DCO approval for the 400MW Beacon Fen Energy Park with 600MW co-located BESS. Two consecutive Lincolnshire NSIP consents confirm the new Secretary of State is clearing the large-scale solar pipeline.

Island Green Power wins planning for 500MW Lincolnshire BESS as co-location becomes the dominant UK project configuration

Author: Archie Villaflores

Island Green Power has received planning consent for a 49.9MW solar and 500MW BESS hybrid at Stallingborough. A 10:1 storage-to-generation ratio signals a BESS-led project using solar co-location for grid connection optimisation.

Capital Dynamics acquires Kerry BESS to close Ireland's 2.1GW long-duration storage gap

Author: Archie Villaflores

Capital Dynamics has acquired a 170MW/680MWh ready-to-build BESS at Knockanure, Co. Kerry. Ireland needs 2.4GW of long-duration storage by 2030 and has 0.29GW today, that gap is the investment thesis.

Perigus Energy's first Irish solar farm reaches full operation as 26-month RESS delivery timeline validates onshore renewables speed

Author: Archie Villaflores

Perigus Energy's 81MW Garreenleen solar farm is fully operational. Commissioned 26 months after contract award and three months after Perigus launched as an independent company, it is the first visible output of CIP's investment in the Ørsted European onshore platform.

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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