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Flooded valleys key to huge power plan | Irish Times | Monday, March 01, 2010
PLANS TO build a new electricity generating system, combining large-scale wind farms with huge hydro-power storage reservoirs in valleys on the west coast, are at an advanced stage, The Irish Times has learned.....
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Fast-track grid connections, says wind energy chief | Irish Times | Friday, October 02, 2009
The State needs to do more to exploit the potential of wind power, a conference was told....
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Britain Facing Blackouts for First Time Since 1970s | Telegraph.co.uk | Monday, August 31, 2009
Britain is facing the prospect of widespread power cuts for the first time since the 1970s, government projections show. ....
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Winning over the 'Nimby blockade' | BBC News | Sunday, August 30, 2009
Developers of wind turbines and other energy schemes need to learn to work with - not against - local communities to get their plans approved, according to a new UK government study....
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Focusing on 'Green-Collar' Jobs Would be a Smart Move | Irishtimes.com | Friday, August 14, 2009
Economists should turn their attention to the next big issue facing the global economy: climate change, writes EOIN FAHY....
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Record Set for Wind Farm Power Generation | Independent.ie | Wednesday, August 05, 2009
A record was set at the bank holiday weekend for the amount of power generated by wind farms. According to new figures from EirGrid, enough energy was generated at peak times to supply 650,000 homes nationwide....
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Spirit of Ireland presentations at Engineers Ireland 23rd June 2009 Preview | Engineers Ireland | Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Engineers Ireland is the representative voice of the engineering profession in Ireland and with over 24,000 members is one of the country's largest professional bodies. Below are links to Engineers Ireland website for a series of videos from presenters on 23rd June. We think both technical and non-technical people will find many questions on Spirit of Ireland answered from viewing these presentations.
(Note: The videos may require a brief download of free software to your PC to view the presentation....this is normal. Also, to view the speaker as well as the slides you should click on the little camera icon on top right of webpage.)
Graham O’Donnell – Spirit of Ireland Engineers Ireland Website
Paul Deane – UCC Engineers Ireland Website
Philip O’Donnell - Eirgrid Engineers Ireland Website
Finn Lyden – SIAC Engineers Ireland Website
Dr. Pat O’Donoghue – Spirit of Ireland Engineers Ireland Website
Alan Mulcahy – Spirit of Ireland Engineers Ireland Website
Dermott McDonnell / Graham O’Donnell – Spirit of Ireland Engineers Ireland Website
Prof Igor Shvets – Spirit of Ireland Engineers Ireland Website
All sections of the presentation are available for download from the Engineers Ireland Website, available from: Engineers Ireland ....
Letter to Barack Obama | RTE RADIO 1 | Monday, June 22, 2009
"A SCHOOLGIRL’S inspirational homework assignment is about to land on the desk of the most powerful man on the planet". Niamh Burke from Cork talked about her letter to President Obama. Niamh is a Transition Year student at Christ King Secondary School in Rochestown in Cork. Her class was set an essay project by their teacher to write a letter to Barak Obama on climate change.....
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Dr. Kalam's Endorsement of the Spirit of Ireland project | Spirit of Ireland | Friday, June 19, 2009
International statesman supports Spirit of Ireland project - energy independence within five years. The Spirit of Ireland project has received public endorsement from a great statesman of modern times, Dr Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, the 11th President of India.....
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Jobs and Investment in Irish Wind Energy | IWEA | Tuesday, June 16, 2009
The Irish Wind Energy Association has published a report that focuses on important benefits of wind energy namely its ability to create investment and jobs....
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Spirit of Ireland Presentation to IIEA | Spirit of Ireland | Tuesday, June 16, 2009
On June 4th, Spirit of Ireland presented their current thinking to the energy division of the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA). The presentation made by Graham O'Donnell was very well received by a distinguished audience of over 90 people that included some of Ireland's high profile intellectuals, policy-makers and specialists in economics and energy. The presentation is posted on the IIEA web site http://www.iiea.com/events/spirit-of-ireland-group/ ....
Renewable energy can create thousands of jobs in rural areas | Irish Examiner | Wednesday, June 03, 2009
THE renewal energy sector has the potential to create thousands of jobs in rural areas.......
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Wind farms to create 150 jobs | Irish Examiner | Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Wednesday, June 03, 2009 A CAVAN company is to create 150 jobs at 10 new wind farms, producing enough......
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€200m wind farm planned for Co. Clare | RTÉ News | Thursday, May 28, 2009
Thursday 28th of May 2009 Plans have been announced for the country's largest community wind farm to be developed on Mount Callan in Co Clare. ....
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We might as well try and catch the wind | Irish Independent | Sunday, May 24, 2009
Can the Irish economy be transformed forever by harnessing the wind? The Spirit of Ireland enterprise is convinced it can be done. The people behind the initiative believe they have uncovered the next big idea -- one that could change this country forever, bring us energy independence within five years and make Ireland an exporter of power within a decade. ....
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Winds of Change for Energy Needs | Irish Examiner | Monday, May 18, 2009
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind..." so sang Bob Dylan, an album released in May, 1963. Blowin' in the wind was a song much loved by my generation. What the blowing wind was an answer to then was unclear, intangible as the wind itself, metaphysical, one might say, a thing of the spirit. Now, an organisation called spiritofireland.org tells us that the wind is the answer to Ireland's economic malaise.....
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Real partnership is stopping anyone doing anything | Irish Times | Wednesday, May 13, 2009
NEWTON'S OPTIC: AS JUNIOR Minister for Integrated Development and Sustainable Communities, with special responsibility for Innovative Enterprise and Lifelong Science, I naturally welcome the Spirit of Ireland proposals for energy independence. ....
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Alternative economic vision of Spirit of Ireland offers hope | Irish Times | Monday, May 11, 2009
OPINION: The Spirit of Ireland economic revival proposal shows how we can pick ourselves up and get over this crisis, writes Professor Ray Kinsella ....
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Broad Support for Dams Plan | Irish Independent | Sunday, May 10, 2009
A proposal by a group of Irish entrepreneurs, engineers, academics, architects and legal and financial experts to achieve energy independence for Ireland within five years has attracted an extraordinary level of cross-party political support. ....
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Spirit of Ireland - Proposals deserve assessment | Irish Examiner | Sunday, May 10, 2009
IN THESE desperate times any group that suggests that it could create thousands of jobs, slash our energy imports by €30 billion over a decade, slash our carbon footprint and create the potential to earn €50bn in energy exports over 10 years runs the risk of being accused of dangerous flights of fancy. ....
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A breath of fresh air from Spirit | Irish Independent | Saturday, May 09, 2009
After all the hot air spouted about wind power in recent years, the announcement from 'Spirit of Ireland' during the week was a breath of fresh air. At last, here is an outfit which recognises that unless wind power is stored and made available at times of high demand, it is pretty useless on the grid. Using the wind for pumped storage and later generation to hydro power when needed is the answer. I wish their venture the very best of luck. Now if we can only persuade Eamon Ryan, aided and abetted by the ESB, from wasting billions of our money trying to put wind power directly onto the grid, we can start to make progress. ....
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Energy project offers solution to economy | Irish Examiner | Friday, May 08, 2009
An energy project could make Ireland energy independent within five years and see us exporting energy in a decade. ....
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Eddie Hobb's Blog | Thursday, May 07, 2009
Heart lifting, an ace in the hole, at last! A bunch of scientists and engineers have fashioned a big idea to make Ireland energy independent in a few short years, exploiting Ireland’s unique topography that....
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Project promises energy independence for Ireland within five years | Business & Leadership | Thursday, May 07, 2009
An ambitious national project was launched today by the Spirit of Ireland group, which promises energy independence for Ireland within five years through harnessing wind power, along with delivering a €10bn stimulus to the economy. ....
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