Nothing embodies the national addiction to strutting hypocrisy more than the dogma that wind can rescue us from the existential dilemma created by our “neutrality”.
Storm set to arrive on Friday
The US is choosing growth. We’re choosing to save the planet. Our policies don’t work in this framework.
32% of Ireland’s electricity came from wind in 2024
Ireland has an ideal coastline for offshore wind farms and yet we have the most expensive electricity in Europe. How is that?
One thing to take into account here is that these figures are based on Ireland having an average winter, like last year’s, with only a few relatively short periods of severe cold.
“end the unconscionable practice of protecting the super profits of wind energy companies”
The owners a family-run Cork hotel has expressed their frustration at a decision by An Bórd Pleanála to approve a wind farm which will allegedly overshadow a scenic valley and major tourist attraction. The complaints were made by the management of the Gougane Barra Hotel on Twitter this week. “Life in the unspoilt natural valley […]
Governments love to talk up renewable energy, describing it as green and low-carbon and the way of the future. They pump huge amounts of funding into it, and, in this country, are shutting down peat production and promising to leave carbon fuels like oil and gas in the ground, because they claim energy from wind […]