Wholesale energy prices in Ireland fell 5% last month. Irish power firm Bord Gais which has 640,000 gas users and supplies more than 300,000 electricity customers released the figures in a monthly price report yesterday. The Bord Gáis Energy Index – the firm’s average price for oil, gas, electricity and coal – fell 5% while […]

An Irish energy firm has received a loan worth €155 million (£126m) for renewable energy generation in Ireland. The loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) will help Bord Gáis, which powers nearly 180,000 homes, construct and operate six onshore wind farms with a total generation capacity of 141MW. The new projects are also expected […]

A wind farm in Ireland has been refused planning permission because of a rare bird of prey. The application from Bord Gais for a €50m (£42m) wind farm in County Galway had already been turned down once by planners and last week was again refused at appeal. The wind farm met with opposition because it […]