David McWilliams outlines the vast renewable energy potential located in the Irish offshore space in his Irish Times article: “Donegal to Dingle could become the world’s most innovative energy hub”. The article even goes so far as to say:
“In the 21st century, Ireland is to renewable energy what 20th century Saudi Arabia was to fossil fuels.”
SuperNode founder and owner Eddie O’Connor spoke with the Irish Times about his current outlook on the decarbonisation movement. O’Connor has become a stalwart of the movement. For decades he has been fighting climate change on numerous fronts, from his entry into the renewables industry in the 80s, to his founding of Airtricity, Mainstream Renewable Power and most recently SuperNode. His newest battle front is the world of international … Read more
Today SuperNode Ltd submitted a response to the public consultation ran by the department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS): ‘Enabling a High Renewable, Net-Zero Electricity System: Call for Evidence’. The UK government sought novel views on the approach to the financing and deployment of renewable technologies, with a specific focus on ways to … Read more
In a series of blogs, Eddie O’Connor will examine how Europe will meet it’s Paris decarbonisation goals. In this blog post, Eddie discusses how the supergrid discussed in Blog Post 4 integrates decarbonisation into the energy markets. The need for a new economic paradigm to pilot the way to sustainability in electricity production … Read more
In a series of blogs, Eddie O’Connor will examine how Europe will meet it’s Paris decarbonisation goals. In this blog post, Eddie discusses how the supergrid discussed in Blog Post 3 will require changes in politics to operate. Much has been made of the loss of confidence of big business in the … Read more
Much has been made of the loss of confidence of big business in the structures of the EU. There has been intense, divisive debate about immigration into the various countries of the EU. Recent history leads many to conclude that the EU is bad at innovation. Brexit deflects policy makers, and indeed denudes some of … Read more